Definition of sloppy
sloppier
;sloppiest
sloppiness
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Examples of sloppy in a Sentence
Your work has been very sloppy lately.
a sloppy child who always seems to have spilled something on his clothes
Recent Examples of sloppy from the Web
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For that, Mainieri tried to shoulder blame for his team's sloppy play.
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The sloppy, lazy defense that too often was on display during the regular season appeared in this game -- and was exploited by the Warriors.
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What kind of sloppy parent puts a nest on the ground where it could get stomped on?
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In a surprisingly sloppy piece of work for a court that sometimes debates the placement of a comma, the court clerk’s office determined that the New York notice was talking about the same Sullivan who belongs to the high court bar.
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Although NASA never wanted lunar rocks or the moon’s powdery surface traded on the open market, sloppy space souvenir record-keeping a generation ago somehow let a prize slip through.
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Judge hits first slam to help Yankees beat sloppy Oakland Aaron Judge hits his first career grand slam and the New York Yankees take advantage of Oakland’s shoddy defense in a 9-5 victory over the A’s on Sunday in New York.
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The experts were now sure, because of the sloppy workmanship, the bomb was probably not the work of a mob hit man.
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That’s why the industry loses up to $270 billion a year loss in sloppy information administration, according to investment bank Volpe Brown Whelan.
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First Known Use of sloppy
1672
SLOPPY Defined for English Language Learners
sloppy
playDefinition of sloppy for English Language Learners
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: not careful or neat : showing a lack of care, attention, or effort
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: romantic in a foolish or exaggerated way
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: containing or involving a lot of liquid or too much liquid
SLOPPY Defined for Kids
sloppy
playDefinition of sloppy for Students
sloppier
;sloppiest
1 : careless in work or in appearance
2 : wet enough to spatter easily : containing a lot of moisture sloppy mud
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