sloppy

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (6)

  1. lacking neatness or order“a sloppy room”“sloppy habits”
  2. wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material“a sloppy floor”“a sloppy saucer”
  3. (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”Synonyms: boggymarshymirymuckymuddyquaggysloughysoggysquashyswampywaterlogged
  4. not fitting closely; hanging loosely“baggy trousers”“a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather”Synonyms: baggyloose-fitting
  5. excessively or abnormally emotionalSynonyms: overemotional
  6. marked by great carelessness“a most haphazard system of record keeping”“slapdash work”“slipshod spelling”“sloppy workmanship”Synonyms: haphazardslapdashslipshod
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sloppy \Slop"py\, a. [Compar. Sloppier; superl. Sloppiest.] [From Slop.] Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road. [1913 Webster]
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