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Definition of sloppy:
Synonyms:
saccharine, sluggish, gushy, cluttered, A-line, quaggy, chilled, overemotional, amateurish, boggy, sugarcoated, disordered, mussed, higgledy-piggledy, spoony, casual, torpid, mediocre, squashy, chocolate-box, treacly, tear-jerking, frowsy, drippy, button-through, slipshod, inert, chaotic, waterlogged, button-down, creamy, spongelike, hugger-mugger, novelettish, swampy, cream, tousled, boot-cut, fruity, sticky, like a bull in a china shop, slobby, melodrama, turbid, cloying, clingy, lovey-dovey, awkward, backless, marshy, lackadaisical, jumbled, soupy, careful, disarranged, sobby, upside-down, tumbled, messed, sloughy, histrionics, cloudy, bathetic, complacency, order, soggy, topsy-turvy, loose-fitting, littered, untidy, crispy, haphazard, brief, doughy, muddled, complacent, squishy, spongy, slobbish, disarrayed, buttery, muddied, hysterics, sugary, blowsy, careless, crisp, dowdy, soppy, theatrical, slushy, rumpled, mirky, confused, baggy, mussy, sloven, poor, pulpy, caramelized, wet, slapdash, best, hit-or-miss, chewy, pell-mell, theatricals, calorific, feelings, splashy, disorderly, miry, cool.
- poor (part of speech: adjective)
- sensitive (part of speech: adjective)
- neglectful (part of speech: adjective)
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slovenly (part of speech: adjective)
- messy,
- careless,
- slovenly,
- neglectful,
- shabby,
- squalid,
- dirty,
- disheveled,
- unkempt
- wet (part of speech: adjective)
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unclean (part of speech: adjective)
- grungy,
- scruffy,
- filthy,
- fetid,
- putrid,
- defiled,
- mucky,
- foul,
- insalubrious,
- obscene,
- unclean,
- septic,
- sordid,
- grubby,
- infectious,
- icky,
- squalid,
- grimy,
- unhygenic,
- smutty,
- scatological,
- untidy,
- festering,
- dusty,
- disgusting,
- shabby,
- offensive,
- dirty,
- unsanitary,
- impure,
- crummy,
- slovenly,
- muddy,
- odious,
- murky,
- toxic,
- dingy
Usage examples:
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Sloppy of me not to have paid better attention; I knew vaguely that Dykeman was in one of the North Beach mills.
- "The Million-Dollar Suitcase", Alice MacGowan Perry Newberry. -
If he dresses for dinner, it is sloppy and middle- class not to do so.
- "Father Payne", Arthur Christopher Benson. -
Very clever work on his part, but very sloppy.
- "Ronicky Doone", Max Brand.