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How to pronounce sloppy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms baggy, loose-fitting
Type Words
Synonyms haphazard, slapdash, slipshod
Derivation sloppiness


sloppy workmanship.
Type Words
Synonyms boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
Derivation slop, sloppiness
Type Words
Synonyms overemotional
Derivation slop, sloppiness
Type Words
Derivation sloppiness


a sloppy room.
sloppy habits.
Type Words
Derivation sloppiness


a sloppy floor.
a sloppy saucer.

Examples of sloppy

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They were as sloppy against the Bears as they were a week earlier at Washington.
From the dailyherald.com
There were vegetables on some occasions, but they were just sloppy frozen beans.
From the independent.co.uk
In the second, they overcame a sloppy start and early 5-1 deficit to win, 25-16.
From the newsday.com
These details may seem minor to an aggressive billionaire, but sloppy is sloppy.
From the sfgate.com
I've seen the track here start off sloppy and end up fast by the end of the day.
From the courier-journal.com
The Steelers contributed to this loss by playing uninspired and sloppy football.
From the sacbee.com
Racing on a very sloppy track, Broad Brush opened up a big lead on the far turn.
From the philly.com
The problem has seemed more undisciplined, sloppy defense than scoring problems.
From the dallasnews.com
Illnesses are sometimes overlooked because of sloppy work by doctors and nurses.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
  • Wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"
  • Boggy: (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"
  • Baggy: not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"
  • Overemotional: excessively or abnormally emotional
  • Haphazard: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
  • (sloppiness) wateriness: the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day"
  • (sloppiness) a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
  • (sloppiness) carelessness: the quality of not being careful or taking pains