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sloppy

[ slop-ee ]

adjective

sloppier, sloppiest.
  1. muddy, slushy, or very wet:

    The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.

  2. splashed or soiled with liquid.

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  3. careless; loose:

    sloppy writing.

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  4. untidy; slovenly:

    sloppy clothes; a sloppy eater.

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  5. overly emotional; gushy:

    sloppy sentimentality.

  6. (of food or drink) prepared or served in an unappetizing way.
  7. (of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy:

    a big, sloppy sweater.

  8. (of the surface of a racetrack) wet from a recent or continuing heavy rain and containing puddles and mud still too thin and watery to be sticky.


sloppy

/ ˈ²õ±ôÉ’±èɪ /

adjective

  1. (esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy
  2. informal.
    careless; untidy
  3. informal.
    mawkishly sentimental
  4. (of food or drink) watery and unappetizing
  5. splashed with slops
  6. (of clothes) loose; baggy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±ô´Ç±è±è¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²õ±ô´Ç±è±è¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±ô´Ç±èp¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ±ô´Ç±èp¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sloppy1

First recorded in 1700–10; slop 1 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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There is much truth in that; people are notoriously sloppy and unsystematic thinkers.

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It certainly doesn’t help that the visual effects are a sloppy commingling of wildly varying quality.

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Project Rise’s Los Angeles attorney, Thomas Watson, said during a hearing in the pension funds case that Skydance’s statement was based on “sloppy research.â€

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Mark Warner, Democratic vice-chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said: "This Signal chat situation sheds light on a sloppy and grossly incompetent national security strategy from the Trump administration."

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But reports are starting to emerge that this was a sloppy operation that swept up some innocent people.

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