sloppy
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒpi
[edit] Adjective
sloppy (comparative sloppier, superlative sloppiest)
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- very wet; covered in or composed of slop
- The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen.
- messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
- The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
- imprecise or loose
- a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:careless
[edit] Translations
messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
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[edit] External links
- sloppy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sloppy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911