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sloppy
[slop-ee]
adjective
muddy, slushy, or very wet.
The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
splashed or soiled with liquid.
Synonyms:careless; loose.
sloppy writing.
Synonyms:untidy; slovenly.
sloppy clothes; a sloppy eater.
Synonyms: ,overly emotional; gushy.
sloppy sentimentality.
(of food or drink) prepared or served in an unappetizing way.
(of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy.
a big, sloppy sweater.
(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
/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
(esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy
informalcareless; untidy
informalmawkishly sentimental
(of food or drink) watery and unappetizing
splashed with slops
(of clothes) loose; baggy
Other Word Forms
- sloppily adverb
- sloppiness noun
- ˈDZ辱 adverb
- ˈDZ辱Ա noun
Example Sentences
A sloppier, more disingenuous government report would be hard to imagine.
It was scrappy, it was sloppy, it was incredibly tense.
Although they are second in the world rankings, England have developed a habit of producing sloppy performances.
Hegseth's Defense Department has been a reliable source for palace intrigue stories, as dangerously sloppy information security around military strikes in Yemen has led to a chaotic wave of firings.
Kennedy spent the rest of the interview extending sympathy to the Trump administration and refusing to admit that such a grave error might signal further sloppy work from the Department of Homeland Security.
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