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slop·py
(slŏp′ē)adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est
1. Marked by or given to a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room; a sloppy roommate.
2. Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention: sloppy use of language; a sloppy researcher.
3. Informal Oversentimental; gushy: a sloppy love letter.
4. Of, resembling, or covered with slop; muddy or slushy: sloppy ground.
5. Watery and unappetizing: a sloppy stew.
6. Spotted or splashed with liquid.
slop′pi·ly adv.
slop′pi·ness n.
Synonyms: sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, slipshod
These adjectives mean marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention. Sloppy evokes the idea of careless spilling, spotting, or splashing; it suggests slackness, untidiness, or diffuseness: a sloppy kitchen; sloppy dress. "I do not see how the sloppiest reasoner can evade that" (H.G. Wells).
Slovenly implies habitual negligence and a lack of system or thoroughness: a slovenly appearance; slovenly inaccuracies. Unkempt stresses dishevelment resulting from a neglectful lack of proper maintenance: "an unwashed brow, an unkempt head of hair" (Sir Walter Scott).
Slipshod suggests inattention to detail and a general absence of meticulousness: "the new owners' camp ... a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed" (Jack London).
These adjectives mean marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention. Sloppy evokes the idea of careless spilling, spotting, or splashing; it suggests slackness, untidiness, or diffuseness: a sloppy kitchen; sloppy dress. "I do not see how the sloppiest reasoner can evade that" (H.G. Wells).
Slovenly implies habitual negligence and a lack of system or thoroughness: a slovenly appearance; slovenly inaccuracies. Unkempt stresses dishevelment resulting from a neglectful lack of proper maintenance: "an unwashed brow, an unkempt head of hair" (Sir Walter Scott).
Slipshod suggests inattention to detail and a general absence of meticulousness: "the new owners' camp ... a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed" (Jack London).
sloppy
(ˈslɒpɪ)adj, -pier or -piest
1. (esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy
2. informal careless; untidy
3. informal mawkishly sentimental
4. (Cookery) (of food or drink) watery and unappetizing
5. splashed with slops
6. (Clothing & Fashion) (of clothes) loose; baggy
ˈsloppily adv
ˈsloppiness n
slop•py
(ˈslɒp i)adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
1. muddy, slushy, or very wet: sloppy grounds.
2. splashed or soiled with liquid.
3. untidy; slovenly: a sloppy eater.
4. careless; slipshod: sloppy writing.
5. overly emotional; gushy: sloppy sentimentality.
6. (of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy.
[1700–10]
slop′pi•ly, adv.
slop′pi•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | sloppy - lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits" untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money" |
2. | sloppy - wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer" wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" | |
3. | ![]() wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" | |
4. | ![]() loose - not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" | |
5. | sloppy - excessively or abnormally emotional emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" | |
6. | sloppy - marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark" |
sloppy
adjective
1. (Informal) careless, slovenly, slipshod, messy, clumsy, untidy, amateurish, hit-or-miss (informal), inattentive I won't accept sloppy work from my students.
sloppy
adjective1. Marked by an absence of cleanliness and order:
2. Indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness:
Translations
عاطِفي، تافِهغَيْرُ مُتْقَنقَذِر وموحِلنِصْف سائِل، مُنْدَلِق
kašovitýlajdáckýledabylýřídkýsladkobolný
sjusketvådblødsentimental
huolimatonväljävetelävetinenepätarkka
neuredan
érzelgõslucskosömlengős
blautur, vatnskenndursóîalegurvæminn
ずさんな
부주의한
vodnatý
površen
slarvig
ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ
cẩu thả
sloppy
[ˈslɒpɪ] ADJ (sloppier (compar) (sloppiest (superl)))1. (= runny) [food] → aguado
2. (= careless) [work etc] → descuidado; [appearance, dress] → desaliñado, desaseado; [thinking] → poco riguroso
3. (= sentimental) → sentimentaloide, ñoño
sloppy
[ˈslɒpi] adj (= sentimental) [film, letter] → sentimental(e)sloppy Joe [ˌslɒpiˈdʒəʊ] n
[person] → patauger
[liquid] → clapoter
sloppy
adj (+er) (inf)
sloppy
[ˈslɒpɪ] (fam) adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))a. (work) → trascurato/a; (appearance, dress) → trasandato/a, sciatto/a
b. (book, film, letter) → sdolcinato/a
c. (food) → brodoso/a
slop
(slop) – past tense, past participle slopped – verb to (cause liquid to) splash, spill, or move around violently in a container. The water was slopping about in the bucket.
ˈsloppy adjective1. semi-liquid; tending to slop. sloppy food.
2. careless and untidy; messy. His work is sloppy.
3. very sentimental. That film is rather sloppy.
ˈsloppily adverbˈsloppiness noun