adjective (sloppier, sloppiest)
1 that shows a lack of care, thought or effort:
sloppy thinking / speech * Your work is sloppy. * a sloppy writer / worker / dresser
2 (of clothes) loose and without much shape:
a sloppy T-shirt
3 (informal, especially BrE) romantic in a silly or embarrassing way:
a sloppy, sentimental love story
4 containing too much liquid:
Don't make the mixture too sloppy. * (informal) She gave him a big sloppy kiss.
sloppily adverb:
a sloppily run department
sloppiness noun [U]:
There is no excuse for sloppiness in your work.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sloppy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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