sloppinessn.
/ˈslɒpɪnɪs/ The state of being sloppy.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun]
slabbiness1555
creaminess1688
sloppiness1727
semifluidity1807
squishiness1929
the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > marshy quality
moorishness1598
bogginess1649
marishness1652
quagginess1653
ooziness1684
marshiness1710
sloppiness1727
swampiness1753
spoutiness1757
swash1864
swampishness1879
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun]
sentiment1747
sentimentality1770
mawkishness1796
sensiblerie1815
sentimentalism1818
sloppiness1828
morbidezza1833
milk-and-wateriness1834
maudlin1838
soothing syrup1839
emotionalism1846
stickiness1864
slop1866
mushiness1868
saccharinity1868
sympatheticism1884
hearts and flowers1911
lovey-doveyness1923
schmaltz1934
goop1950
goo1951
schmaltziness1953
gloop1957
cheesiness1963
soupiness1963
soft-centredness1967
soppiness1974
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [noun] > fact or condition of being rainy or wet
raininess1660
pluviosity1827
sloppiness1862
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness
superficiality1618
perfunctoriness1626
slovenliness1641
overliness1650
perfunction1656
cursoriness1727
slightness1817
slapdash1826
rough and readiness1854
superficialism1860
slapdasherya1871
sloppiness1884
slapdashness1929
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > slovenliness
slovenliness1701
slovenry1847
slipshoddinessa1849
slipshodnessa1877
slothfulness1878
slobberness1880
sloppiness1980
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Slabbiness, Sloppiness, Fulness of Plashes.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Sloppiness, wetness of the earth; muddiness.
1862 C. M. Yonge Countess Kate xii. 216 The sloppiness of a grey November day.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 12 Jan. 6/2 The general sloppiness of the handling [in a painting].
1928 R. Campbell Wayzgoose ii. 43 The usual animal-lover's sloppiness which is popular everywhere.
1939 A. Thirkell Before Lunch vii. 187 It had also crossed her mind that Daphne liked young Mr Bond, but..Daphne was all against what she called sloppiness.
1960 ‘E. McBain’ Heckler v. 60 There are people.. who always look like slobs... The tendency toward sloppiness first exhibits itself when the subject is still a child.
1980 Maledicta Summer 157 Because of the sloppiness of most original references..I have spent many years tracking down complete bibliographical data.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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