sloppy

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sloppy¹

  • /ˈslɒ.pi/ UK
  • /ˈslɑ.pi/ US

Sounds like Sloppy · Rhymes with -ɒpi

adjective sloppier · sloppiest

  1. Composed of or covered in slop; very wet. The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
  2. Careless, messy; not neat, elegant, or careful. The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

    Similar: careless, cursory, derelict, heedless, irregardless, irrespective, lash, lax, incautious, neglectful, negligent, reckless

  3. Imprecise or loose. a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit
  4. derogatory Characteristic of or resembling AI slop. Among the key criticisms: the writing in the finale was “some of the sloppiest … I’ve ever watched”, while the show in general was a “hot mess of faux character archs [sic]” which made “repeated heavy-handed attempts” to show that “Man=Problem”. (Now that’s a tattoo-worthy phrase if ever there was o

Sloppy²

proper noun Sloppys

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: untidy, slapdash, slipshod, haphazard, careless, runny, muddy, filthy, shabby, dirty, lame, messy, disorderly, disordered, clumsy, awkward

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adj very wet; covered in or composed of slop

Françaismouillé, trop liquide
Deutschnass, klitschnass
Italianolordo, inzuppato
Русскиймо́крый mókryj, сля́котный sljákotnyj

adj messy; not neat, elegant, or careful

Españoldesprolijo, chapucero
日本語ぐちゃぐちゃ guchagucha, ずさんな zusan na, だらしない darashinai
中文吊兒郎當 /吊儿郎当 diàorlàngdàng
Portuguêsdesleixado
Françaisbâclé, négligé
Deutschschlampig, salopp
Italianosciatto, trascurato, negletto
Русскийнеря́шливый nerjášlivyj, небре́жный nebréžnyj, неаккура́тный neakkurátnyj

adj imprecise or loose

Españolpigre, desidioso
Françaislâche, large, ample
Deutschsalopp
Italianoabborracciato, approssimativo, maccheronico
Русскийсвобо́дный svobódnyj

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@misc{sloppy_2026,
  title = {sloppy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sloppy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}