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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).
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| Noun | 1. | sloppiness - the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day" wetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks" |
| 2. |  sloppiness - a lack of order and tidiness; not cared foruntidiness - the condition of being untidy shagginess - unkemptness of hair | |
| 3. | sloppiness - the quality of not being careful or taking pains inattentiveness - the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others incaution, incautiousness - the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger unconscientiousness - the trait of not being painstaking or careful | |
| 4. | sloppiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality corn - something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn" sentimentalism - a predilection for sentimentality |
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sloppiness
noun1. The state of being messy or unkempt:
2. Informal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:
Slang: sappiness.
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Translations
عاطِفِيَّه تافِهَه
sentimentálnost
sjuskethed
ömlengés
sóîaskapur
sentimentalita
yarım yamalak iş yapma
sloppiness
[ˈslɒpɪnɪs] N1. (= carelessness) [of work] → descuido m, lo descuidado; [of dress, appearance] → desaliño m, desaseo m
2. (= sentimentality) → sentimentalismo m, sensiblería f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sloppiness
n (inf)
(= carelessness) → Schlampigkeit f (inf); (of work, writing) → Nachlässigkeit f, → Schlud(e)rigkeit f (inf)
(= sentimentality: of film, book) → Rührseligkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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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
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