sloppy Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
   
   • a sloppy room
   • sloppy habits
2. adjective satellite wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
   
   • a sloppy floor
   • a sloppy saucer
3. adjective satellite (of soil) soft and watery
   mucky; swampy; soggy; boggy; quaggy; muddy; marshy; sloughy; miry; waterlogged; squashy.
   
   • 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
4. adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
   loose-fitting; baggy.
   
   • baggy trousers
   • a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
5. adjective satellite excessively or abnormally emotional
   overemotional.
   
6. adjective satellite marked by great carelessness
   haphazard; slipshod; slapdash.
   
   • a most haphazard system of record keeping
   • slapdash work
   • slipshod spelling
   • sloppy workmanship

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