What does Sloppy mean?

Definitions for Sloppy
ˈslɒp islop·py

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sloppyadjective

    lacking neatness or order

    "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"

  2. sloppyadjective

    wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material

    "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"

  3. boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterloggedadjective

    (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"

  4. baggy, loose-fitting, sloppyadjective

    not fitting closely; hanging loosely

    "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"

  5. overemotional, sloppyadjective

    excessively or abnormally emotional

  6. haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppyadjective

    marked by great carelessness

    "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

Wiktionary

  1. sloppyadjective

    Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

    The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

  2. sloppyadjective

    Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

    The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

  3. sloppyadjective

    Imprecise or loose.

    A sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit!

  4. Etymology: From slop, + -y suffix.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sloppyadjective

    Miry and wet: perhaps rather slabby. See Slab.

    Etymology: from slop.

ChatGPT

  1. sloppy

    Sloppy generally refers to something that is carelessly done, messy, or lacks attention to detail. It can describe actions, work, appearance, or even behavior. It signifies a disregard for precision, neatness and accuracy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sloppy

    wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road

  2. Etymology: [From Slop.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SLOPPY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sloppy is ranked #118853 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sloppy surname appeared 146 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sloppy.

    96.5% or 141 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sloppy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sloppy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Sloppy in a Sentence

  1. Steve Warren:

    This is sloppy military work, this is the reckless and irresponsible, imprecise and frankly uncaring approach to operations in Syria that the Russians have taken on.

  2. Bailey Davis:

    They tell us that we’re celebrities and to present ourselves well, but then they throw us out there with these drunk fans, you have to take pictures with anyone who asks. You ca n’t refuse a picture with anyone. If there’s a sloppy drunk who you know just wants to put his hands on you, you just have to deal with it and do it.

  3. Superintendent Michael Harrison:

    I am extremely disgusted and outraged by the lack of professionalism and integrity shown by this officer, this is an example of sloppy police work with a clear intent to cover it up, and it will not stand.

  4. Aaron Whitehead:

    Some of the outrageous events surrounding this sloppy process certainly do not typify the level of quality that Texans expect from our judicial system, ken Paxton, like all Americans, deserves to have his say in a court of law, rather than be judged in a court of public opinion that is presided over by liberal interest groups.

  5. Kurt Brunner:

    We're still in a period of searching, you have more people taking advantage of upside. But we're in for some sloppy trading and I don't think it's over today. I don't think it's a straight shot up.

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