sloppy (adj.)

  1. lacking neatness or order; a sloppy room; sloppy habits'

  2. wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; a sloppy floor; a sloppy saucer'

  3. (of soil) soft and watery; the ground was boggy under foot; a marshy coastline; miry roads; wet mucky lowland; muddy barnyard; quaggy terrain; the sloughy edge of the pond; swampy bayous

    [ Syn: boggy , marshy , miry , mucky , muddy , quaggy , sloughy , soggy , squashy , swampy , waterlogged ]

  4. not fitting closely; hanging loosely; baggy trousers; a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather

    [ Syn: baggy , loose-fitting ]

  5. excessively or abnormally emotional

    [ Syn: overemotional ]

  6. marked by great carelessness; a most haphazard system of record keeping; slapdash work; slipshod spelling; sloppy workmanship

    [ Syn: haphazard , slapdash , slipshod ]

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