sloppy
/'slɔpi/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Careless or untidy in work or appearance: Describes something done without proper care, attention to detail, or neatness.
- Excessively sentimental or emotional: Describes an overly emotional, mawkish, or maudlin quality, often in a negative or critical way.
- Loose-fitting or baggy: Describes clothing that does not fit closely to the body.
- Wet, muddy, or watery: Describes ground, terrain, or a surface that is soft, wet, and messy.
- Wet or smeared with liquid: Describes a surface that is unpleasantly wet, often with spilled food or drink.
Examples of Usage
- Careless or untidy:
- His report was full of sloppy errors and typos.
- She was criticized for her sloppy handwriting.
- Excessively sentimental:
- The movie's ending was too sloppy and sentimental for my taste.
- He dismissed the poem as sloppy romanticism.
- Loose-fitting:
- He wore a sloppy old sweater to relax in.
- Wet or muddy:
- After the rain, the path became sloppy and difficult to walk on.
- Wet or smeared:
- The waiter left a sloppy tray on the table.
Advanced Usage
- "Sloppy seconds" (idiom, informal, often derogatory): Refers to taking something, especially a romantic partner, that has already been used or rejected by someone else.
- He didn't want to be accused of taking sloppy seconds.
- "Sloppy joe" (noun): A sandwich consisting of ground meat cooked in a seasoned tomato-based sauce, served on a bun.
- The cafeteria is serving sloppy joes for lunch today.
Variants and Related Words
- Sloppily (adverb): In a careless, untidy, or overly sentimental manner.
- The document was sloppily prepared.
- Sloppiness (noun): The quality or state of being sloppy.
- The sloppiness of the work was unacceptable.
Synonyms
- Careless/Untidy: slapdash, slipshod, messy, untidy, haphazard.
- Sentimental: mawkish, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy.
- Loose: baggy, loose-fitting.
- Wet/Muddy: boggy, marshy, mucky, muddy, quaggy, swampy.
Related Phrases
- Sloppy copy (noun): A rough, first draft of a written work.
- Just write a sloppy copy first; you can edit it later.
- Sloppy kiss (noun): A wet, messy kiss.
- The toddler gave her a big, sloppy kiss.
Related Idioms
- A sloppy mess: A state of complete disorder or untidiness.
- His room was a sloppy mess of clothes and books.
Adjective
- marked by great carelessness
- a most haphazard system of record keeping
- slapdash work
- slipshod spelling
- sloppy workmanship
- excessively or abnormally emotional
- not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- baggy trousers
- a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
- (of soil) soft and watery
- the ground was boggy under foot
- a marshy coastline
- miry roads
- wet mucky lowland
- muddy barnyard
- quaggy terrain
- the sloughy edge of the pond
- swampy bayous
- wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
- a sloppy floor
- a sloppy saucer
- lacking neatness or order
- a sloppy room
- sloppy habits