Definitions for sloppy
ˈslɒp islop·py

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sloppy(adj)

   lacking neatness or order

   "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"

2. sloppy(adj)

   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, waterlogged(adj)

   (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, sloppy(adj)

   not fitting closely; hanging loosely

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

5. overemotional, sloppy(adj)

   excessively or abnormally emotional

6. haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy(adj)

   marked by great carelessness

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sloppy(Adjective)

   Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

   The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

   Etymology: From slop, + -y suffix.

2. sloppy(Adjective)

   Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

   The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

   Etymology: From slop, + -y suffix.

3. sloppy(Adjective)

   Imprecise or loose.

   A sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit!

   Etymology: From slop, + -y suffix.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sloppy

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

   Etymology: [From Slop.]

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1. polyps

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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. Rosmah Mansor:

   As a woman and as the wife of a leader, I have to look made up, neat and take care of my appearance. It is also embarrassing for Malaysians when other countries make fun of the sloppy wife of Malaysia's prime minister.

2. Atsuo Ito:

   The decision for Amari to quit was made promptly and seemed almost clear cut, so that didn't harm ratings so much, but if a lot of other things pile up, it's inevitable that voters get the impression the administration is growing sloppy -- and I think that impression is strengthening.

3. Roy Cohen:

   Sometimes we get sloppy when we are at home.

4. Rick Meckler:

   It got very sloppy, and I think you then saw buyers start to emerge. But a lot of those buyers were short-term in nature and took some of their gains around lunch time. Now we're seeing a second wave of selling.

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 the next couple weeks it could be a little sloppy before we head into Thanksgiving.

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