sloppy

slop +‎ -y

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈslɒp.i/

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

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

• See also Thesaurus:careless

• “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.

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