lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
Used in a Sentence
sloppy
How to use sloppy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for sloppy.
Editorial note
If you think a lie must also be false, you can accuse him of sloppy English.
Examples13
Definitions6
Parts of speech1
Quick take
lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of sloppy gathered in one view.
wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"
(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"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for sloppy.
adjective
lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
adjective
wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"
adjective
(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"
adjective
not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"
See also: baggy, loose-fitting
adjective
excessively or abnormally emotional
See also: overemotional
adjective
marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
Example sentences
If you think a lie must also be false, you can accuse him of sloppy English.
"Wow, I wish I could be as sloppy and awful at my job as these journalists are.
Like batman in the cartoon I want to slap him but not for "sloppy market research".
Some teams were super-sharp, others were sloppy beyond words.
If they can do that, then this sloppy launch will be simply labeled a turning point for Microsoft.
> We are quickly coming to an end of an era where hardware can compensate for sloppy code and processes.
Brandon Eich himself has said that ASI was only intended as an extra check for sloppy programmers.
And because we want to agree with the conclusion, we're tempted to overlook the sloppy reasoning.
It's just sloppy code and/or a misunderstanding of database transactions and isolation levels.
Theory aside, in practice the greater prevalence of sloppy error handling in languages other than C seems to leave the field pretty level when it comes to robustness.
And how do you know it's not the other way round?> And I guarantee that even if other companies aren't issuing grammar tests, they pay attention to sloppy mistakes on rsums.
"I should add that slamming the entire discipline of psychology as a discipline with sloppy methodology goes a bit too far. I have learned about most of the publications that take psychology most to task from working psychology researchers.
My head almost exploded from sloppy statistics reading the article.> Six months after the first Access Code class of 21 students completed the 18 week course, the 15 graduates who accepted job offers have seen their income rise from under $15,000 to an average of $72,190; the other six students are either still in college or have chosen to launch their own startups1: Those not getting a job were not included in the average.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use sloppy in a sentence?
If you think a lie must also be false, you can accuse him of sloppy English.
What does sloppy mean?
lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
What part of speech is sloppy?
sloppy is commonly used as adjective.