Definitions for sloppy
ˈslɒp islop·py

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sloppyadjective

   Miry and wet: perhaps rather slabby. See Slab.

   Etymology: from slop.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Anagrams for sloppy »

1. polyps

How to pronounce sloppy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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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. 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.

2. General Milley:

   Things may look unsteady, but that's the nature of democracy, Li Zuocheng. We are 100 percent steady. Everything is fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.

3. Brian Greer:

   Mishandling happens every day within the federal government, people, not withstanding how much training they have, can make innocent mistakes and be sloppy. Most of the time nothing comes of it beyond some discipline – depending on the severity.

4. Paul Nolte:

   Even though the market closed up on Friday, more stocks were lower for the week and that points to weakness, we could see some sloppy action for the next couple of sessions.

5. Kurt Brunner:

   We could face a little more of this kind of trading as we see people position around the idea of a rate increase, over next couple weeks, it could be a little sloppy before we head into Thanksgiving.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sloppy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sloppy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sloppy
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloppy
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html