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slop·py

(slŏp′ē)

adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est

1. Marked by or given to a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room; a sloppy roommate.

2. Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention: sloppy use of language; a sloppy researcher.

3. Informal Oversentimental; gushy: a sloppy love letter.

4. Of, resembling, or covered with slop; muddy or slushy: sloppy ground.

5. Watery and unappetizing: a sloppy stew.

6. Spotted or splashed with liquid.

slop′pi·ly adv.

slop′pi·ness n.

Synonyms: sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, slipshod
These adjectives mean marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention. Sloppy evokes the idea of careless spilling, spotting, or splashing; it suggests slackness, untidiness, or diffuseness: a sloppy kitchen; sloppy dress. "I do not see how the sloppiest reasoner can evade that" (H.G. Wells).
Slovenly implies habitual negligence and a lack of system or thoroughness: a slovenly appearance; slovenly inaccuracies. Unkempt stresses dishevelment resulting from a neglectful lack of proper maintenance: "an unwashed brow, an unkempt head of hair" (Sir Walter Scott).
Slipshod suggests inattention to detail and a general absence of meticulousness: "the new owners' camp ... a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed" (Jack London).

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sloppy

(ˈslɒpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

1. (esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy

2. informal careless; untidy

3. informal mawkishly sentimental

4. (Cookery) (of food or drink) watery and unappetizing

5. splashed with slops

6. (Clothing & Fashion) (of clothes) loose; baggy

ˈsloppily adv

ˈsloppiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

slop•py

(ˈslɒp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.

1. muddy, slushy, or very wet: sloppy grounds.

2. splashed or soiled with liquid.

3. untidy; slovenly: a sloppy eater.

4. careless; slipshod: sloppy writing.

5. overly emotional; gushy: sloppy sentimentality.

6. (of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy.

[1700–10]

slop′pi•ly, adv.

slop′pi•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	sloppy - lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits" untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
	2.	sloppy - wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer" wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	3.	sloppy - (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" boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged, squashy wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	4.	sloppy - not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather" baggy, loose-fitting loose - not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
	5.	sloppy - excessively or abnormally emotional overemotional emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
	6.	sloppy - marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" slapdash, slipshod, haphazard careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"

sloppy

adjective

1. (Informal) careless, slovenly, slipshod, messy, clumsy, untidy, amateurish, hit-or-miss (informal), inattentive I won't accept sloppy work from my students.

2. (Informal) sentimental, mushy (informal), soppy (Brit. informal), slushy (informal), wet (Brit. informal), gushing, banal, trite, mawkish, icky (informal), overemotional, three-hankie (informal) some sloppy love-story

3. wet, watery, slushy, splashy, sludgy sloppy foods

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sloppy

adjective

1. Marked by an absence of cleanliness and order:

disheveled, messy, mussy, slipshod, slovenly, unkempt, untidy.

2. Indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness:

careless, messy, slapdash, slipshod, slovenly, untidy.

3. Informal. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:

bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy.

Informal: gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, soupy.

Slang: drippy, sappy, tear-jerking.

Translations

عاطِفي، تافِهغَيْرُ مُتْقَنقَذِر وموحِلنِصْف سائِل، مُنْدَلِق

kašovitýlajdáckýledabylýřídkýsladkobolný

sjusketvådblødsentimental

schlampig labberig rührselig

τσαπατσούλης

descuidado

huolimatonväljävetelävetinenepätarkka

bâclé désordonné

neuredan

érzelgõslucskosömlengős

blautur, vatnskenndursóîalegurvæminn

sciatto sdolcinato fangoso

ずさんな

부주의한

vodnatý

površen

slarvig

ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ

aşırı duygusal baştan savma cıvık gelişigüzelyarı sulu

cẩu thả

流质的粗心的过于伤感的马虎的

sloppy

[ˈslɒpɪ] ADJ (sloppier (compar) (sloppiest (superl)))

1. (= runny) [food] → aguado

2. (= careless) [work etc] → descuidado; [appearance, dress] → desaliñado, desaseado; [thinking] → poco riguroso

3. (= sentimental) → sentimentaloide, ñoño

4. (= wet) → mojado
a big sloppy kiss → un besazo con todas las babas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sloppy

[ˈslɒpi] adj

[work] → peu soigné(e), bâclé(e)

[appearance] → négligé(e), débraillé(e)

(= sentimental) [film, letter] → sentimental(e)sloppy Joe [ˌslɒpiˈdʒəʊ] n

(= sweater) → grand pull m

(US) (= sandwich) → hamburger m

slosh around

slosh about [ˌslɒʃ] vi

[person] → patauger

[liquid] → clapoter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sloppy

adj (+er) (inf)

(= careless) → schlampig (inf); work, writing → nachlässig, schlud(e)rig (inf)

(= sentimental) → rührselig; film, novel also → schmalzig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sloppy

[ˈslɒpɪ] (fam) adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (work) → trascurato/a; (appearance, dress) → trasandato/a, sciatto/a

b. (book, film, letter) → sdolcinato/a

c. (food) → brodoso/a

slop

(slop) – past tense, past participle slopped – verb

to (cause liquid to) splash, spill, or move around violently in a container. The water was slopping about in the bucket.

ˈsloppy adjective

1. semi-liquid; tending to slop. sloppy food.

2. careless and untidy; messy. His work is sloppy.

3. very sentimental. That film is rather sloppy.

ˈsloppily adverb

ˈsloppiness noun

sloppy

→ غَيْرُ مُتْقَن lajdácký sjusket schlampig τσαπατσούλης descuidado huolimaton désordonné neuredan sciatto ずさんな 부주의한 slordig sjuskete niedbały desleixado слякотный slarvig ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ gelişigüzel cẩu thả 马虎的

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