What does sloppy mean?
Definitions for sloppy
ˈslɒp islop·py
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sloppy.
Princeton's WordNet
sloppy(adj)
lacking neatness or order
"a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
sloppy(adj)
wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
"a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"
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"
baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy(adj)
not fitting closely; hanging loosely
"baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"
overemotional, sloppy(adj)
excessively or abnormally emotional
haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy(adj)
marked by great carelessness
"a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
Wiktionary
sloppy(Adjective)
Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
Etymology: From slop, + -y suffix.
sloppy(Adjective)
Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
Etymology: From slop, + -y suffix.
sloppy(Adjective)
Imprecise or loose.
A sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit!
Etymology: From slop, + -y suffix.
Webster Dictionary
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sloppy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sloppy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of sloppy in a Sentence
The Kentuky( sic) Derby decision was not a good one, it was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close !
What gives us pause about this attack is that while the others were haphazard and sloppy ... the size of this explosion suggests something more sophisticated, that would suggest organisation beyond a lone wolf cooking up something in their kitchen.
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.
I just assumed it was a parks employee that got a little sloppy, i didn't give it a second thought.
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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Translations for sloppy
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- недоизкусуренBulgarian
- schlampigGerman
- desprolijoSpanish
- epätarkka, vetinen, väljä, vetelä, huolimatonFinnish
- négligéFrench
- hanyag, felületesHungarian
- cerobohIndonesian
- ぐちゃぐちゃ, だらしない, ずさんJapanese
- hakurara, hakirara, pakirara, hakuhakutai, kūrarirariMāori
- slordigDutch
- niechlujnyPolish
- desleixadoPortuguese
- неря́шливый, сля́котный, свобо́дный, неаккура́тный, небре́жный, мо́крыйRussian
- недбалийUkrainian
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