sloppy

See also: Sloppy

English

Etymology

slop +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈslɒp.i/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈslɑ.pi/
• Rhymes: -ɒpi

Adjective

sloppy (comparative sloppier, superlative sloppiest)

1. Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

   The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

2. Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

   The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

3. Imprecise or loose.

   a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Derived terms

• sloppily
• sloppiness
• sloppy drunk
• sloppy joe
• sloppy-minded
• sloppy seconds
• sloppy toppy

 

Translations

very wet; covered in or composed of slop

• Bulgarian: кален (bg) (kalen), пълен с локви (pǎlen s lokvi)
• Catalan: amarat (ca) m
• Finnish: vetinen (fi), vetelä (fi), juokseva (fi), märkä (fi)
• French: mouillé (fr), trop liquide
• German: nass (de), klitschnass (de)
• Italian: lordo (it), inzuppato (it)
• Macedonian: мо́кар (mókar), ка́шест (kášest)
• Maori: kūrarirari
• Russian: мо́крый (ru) (mókryj), сля́котный (ru) (sljákotnyj)
• Spanish: empapado (es)
• Ukrainian: мо́крий (mókryj)

messy; not neat, elegant, or careful

• Azerbaijani: səhlənkar
• Bulgarian: недоизкусурен (bg) (nedoizkusuren), немарлив (bg) (nemarliv)
• Catalan: matusser (ca) m, bast (ca) m, desmanegat m, potiner (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吊兒郎當／吊儿郎当 (zh) (diàorlàngdàng)

• Danish: sjusket
• Dutch: slordig (nl)
• Finnish: huolimaton (fi), hutiloitu, kehno (fi)
• French: bâclé (fr), négligé (fr)
• Georgian: დაუდევარი (daudevari), მოუწესრიგებელი (mouc̣esrigebeli)
• German: schlampig (de), salopp (de)
• Irish: liobarnach
• Italian: sciatto (it), trascurato (it), negletto (it)
• Japanese: ぐちゃぐちゃ (ja) (guchagucha), ずさんな (zusan na), だらしない (ja) (darashinai)
• Macedonian: неу́реден (neúreden), не́брежен (nébrežen), невнима́телен (nevnimátelen), ра́спуштен (ráspušten)
• Maori: hakuhakutai, hakirara
• Persian: شلخته (fa) (šelaxte)
• Plautdietsch: pukjrich
• Polish: niechlujny (pl)
• Portuguese: desleixado (pt)
• Russian: неря́шливый (ru) (nerjášlivyj), небре́жный (ru) (nebréžnyj), неаккура́тный (ru) (neakkurátnyj)
• Spanish: desprolijo, chapucero (es), descuidado (es), desaliñado (es), desaseado (es)
• Swedish: slarvig (sv)
• Ukrainian: неоха́йний (neoxájnyj), недба́лий (nedbályj)

imprecise or loose

• Bulgarian: небрежен (bg) (nebrežen)
• Finnish: epätarkka (fi), väljä (fi)
• French: lâche (fr), large (fr), ample (fr)
• German: salopp (de)
• Hungarian: hanyag (hu), felületes (hu)
• Italian: abborracciato (it), approssimativo (it), maccheronico (it)
• Macedonian: сло́боден (slóboden), не́брежен (nébrežen)
• Maori: pakirara, hakirara, hakurara
• Plautdietsch: schlopmetzich
• Russian: свобо́дный (ru) (svobódnyj)
• Swedish: slapp (sv)

Further reading

• “sloppy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sloppy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• polyps