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sloppinessenUK
slop·py S0480500 (slŏp′ē)adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est 1. Marked by or given to a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room; a sloppy roommate.2. Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention: sloppy use of language; a sloppy researcher.3. Informal Oversentimental; gushy: a sloppy love letter.4. Of, resembling, or covered with slop; muddy or slushy: sloppy ground.5. Watery and unappetizing: a sloppy stew.6. Spotted or splashed with liquid. slop′pi·ly adv.slop′pi·ness n.Synonyms: sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, slipshod These adjectives mean marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention. Sloppy evokes the idea of careless spilling, spotting, or splashing; it suggests slackness, untidiness, or diffuseness: a sloppy kitchen; sloppy dress. "I do not see how the sloppiest reasoner can evade that" (H.G. Wells). Slovenly implies habitual negligence and a lack of system or thoroughness: a slovenly appearance; slovenly inaccuracies. Unkempt stresses dishevelment resulting from a neglectful lack of proper maintenance: "an unwashed brow, an unkempt head of hair" (Sir Walter Scott). Slipshod suggests inattention to detail and a general absence of meticulousness: "the new owners' camp ... a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed" (Jack London).ThesaurusNoun | 1. | sloppiness - 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"muddiness, waterinesswetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks" | | 2. | sloppiness - a lack of order and tidiness; not cared forslovenliness, unkemptnessuntidiness - the condition of being untidyshagginess - unkemptness of hair | | 3. | sloppiness - the quality of not being careful or taking painscarelessnessinattentiveness - the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of othersincaution, incautiousness - the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible dangerneglectfulness, negligence, neglect - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concernunconscientiousness - the trait of not being painstaking or careful | | 4. | sloppiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin waysentimentality, soupiness, drippiness, mawkishness, mushinessemotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or qualitycorn - something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or musicsentimentalism - a predilection for sentimentality |
sloppinessnoun1. The state of being messy or unkempt:disorderliness, messiness, slovenliness, untidiness.2. Informal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality.Informal: mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness.Slang: sappiness.Translationsslop (slop) – past tense, past participle slopped – verb to (cause liquid to) splash, spill, or move around violently in a container. The water was slopping about in the bucket. 溢出 溢出ˈsloppy adjective1. semi-liquid; tending to slop. sloppy food. 流質(食品) 流质(食品) 2. careless and untidy; messy. His work is sloppy. 粗心的 粗心的3. very sentimental. That film is rather sloppy. 過於傷感的 过于伤感的ˈsloppily adverb 過於傷感地,草率地 过于伤感地,草率地 ˈsloppiness noun 粗心 粗心EncyclopediaSeeslopsloppinessenUK
Synonyms for sloppinessnoun the state of being messy or unkemptSynonyms- disorderliness
- messiness
- slovenliness
- untidiness
noun the quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotionalSynonyms- bathos
- maudlinism
- mawkishness
- sentimentalism
- sentimentality
- mush
- mushiness
- schmaltz
- schmaltziness
- sappiness
Synonyms for sloppinessnoun the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with waterSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a lack of order and tidinessSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the quality of not being careful or taking painsSynonymsRelated Words- inattentiveness
- incaution
- incautiousness
- neglectfulness
- negligence
- neglect
- unconscientiousness
noun falsely emotional in a maudlin waySynonyms- sentimentality
- soupiness
- drippiness
- mawkishness
- mushiness
Related Words- emotionalism
- emotionality
- corn
- schmaltz
- schmalz
- shmaltz
- sentimentalism
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