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Sloppy Common

Sloppy has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
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"

4

not fitting closely; hanging loosely

"baggy trousers"

"a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"

5

excessively or abnormally emotional

"After hearing the tragic news, she was so sloppy that tears streamed down her face uncontrollably during the entire funeral service."

6

marked by great carelessness

"a most haphazard system of record keeping"

"slapdash work"

"slipshod spelling"

"sloppy workmanship"

7

Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

"After the storm broke through the roof, the attic floor became so sloppy that we couldn't walk without sinking into the thick sludge."

Example Sentences
"a sloppy room" adjective
"sloppy habits" adjective
"a sloppy floor" adjective
"a sloppy saucer" adjective
"the ground was boggy under foot" adjective
"a marshy coastline" adjective
"miry roads" adjective
"wet mucky lowland" adjective
"muddy barnyard" adjective
"quaggy terrain" adjective
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Rhyming Words
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