sloppyadjective
uk/ˈslɒp.i/us/ˈslɑː.pi/sloppy adjective (TOO WET)
informal disapproving (of a substance) more liquid than it should be, often in a way that is unpleasant:
The batter was a bit sloppy so I added some more flour.
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Physics: the state of matter
- absorbency
- acid
- acidic
- filtrate
- granulated
- gritty
- heavy water
- limy
- liquid
- molten
- non-flammable
- permeability
- plasma
- powder
- powdered
- pressurized
- runny
- slurry
- sulphur
- thin
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sloppy adjective (LACKING CARE)
disapproving not taking care or making an effort:
Spelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter.
Another sloppy pass like that might lose them the whole game.
Sloppy clothes are large, loose, and do not look neat:
At home I tend to wear big sloppy sweaters and jeans.
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Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absently
- abstracted
- anyhow
- be having a moment idiom
- blind
- drop/lower your guard idiom
- faraway
- glaze
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty
- moment
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- perfunctory
- remiss
- sideline
- slapdash
- unwary
- wander
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Flexible, loose and yielding
sloppy adjective (EMOTIONAL)
informal disapproving expressing feelings of love in a way that is silly or embarrassing:
a sloppy love song
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Sentimental and over-emotional
- cloying
- mawkish
- mush
- mushy
- sappy
- schmaltz
- sentimental
- sentimentalism
- sickly
- slush
- slushy
- soppy
- syrupy
- treacly
sloppily
adverb uk/ˈslɒp.əl.i/us/ˈslɑː.pəl.i/disapproving
badly or carelessly:
a sloppily written letter
sloppiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈslɒp.i.nəs/us/ˈslɑː.pi.nəs/