Meaning

4 senses
  1. Composed of or covered in slop; very wet.

    The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

    nass, klitschnass

    мо́крыйmókryj, сля́котныйsljákotnyj

    мо́крийmókryj

  2. Careless, messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

    The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

    schlampig, salopp

    неря́шливыйnerjášlivyj, небре́жныйnebréžnyj, неаккура́тныйneakkurátnyj

    неоха́йнийneoxájnyj, недба́лийnedbályj

  3. Imprecise or loose.

    a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit

    salopp

    свобо́дныйsvobódnyj

  4. (derogatory)Characteristic of or resembling AI slop.

More definitions
  • lacking neatness or order
  • wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
  • excessively or abnormally emotional
  • not fitting closely; hanging loosely

Examples

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  1. Tom says I do sloppy work.

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  2. Tom is a very sloppy dresser.

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  3. Tom is a very sloppy player.

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  4. Tom was accused of doing sloppy work.

    deTom wurde vorgeworfen, schlampig gearbeitet zu haben.

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  5. Tom says I did a sloppy job.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
very wet; covered in or composed of slop:
messy; not neat, elegant, or careful:
Русский
By meaning 3
very wet; covered in or composed of slop:
messy; not neat, elegant, or careful:
imprecise or loose:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
very wet; covered in or composed of slop:
messy; not neat, elegant, or careful:

Forms

sloppier, sloppiest
Comparativesloppier Lesson
Superlativesloppiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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