单词	sloppiness
释义	sloppiness /ˈslɒpɪnəs / noun [mass noun] 1Lack of care and organization; excessive casualness: the task is to expose intellectual sloppiness and fraud don’t let deadlines be an excuse for sloppiness... The lack of essential documentation at the end of the book certainly doesn't imply any sloppiness in the main text. I can't ever recall a major motion picture exhibiting such sloppiness. The only serious flaw is an irritating degree of sloppiness with plot details in the final scenes. 2The quality of clothing being casual and loose-fitting: Joseph joined them, apologizing for the sloppiness of his attire... Chileans are generally not attracted to the casualness and, what some consider to be sloppiness, of dress in the United States. It doesn't have to be Armani, but there is no excuse for sloppiness. Always remember that there's no room for sloppiness—make sure you dress to suit the image of a successful professional. 3The state of containing too much liquid; wateriness: the sloppiness of a lobster roll... If you'd like to contain the sloppiness, serve on whole-grain sandwich thins instead of bulky hamburger buns. Little bits of barbecue had escaped their white-bread trappings, and scattered here and there were errant bits of coleslaw, but I could forgive a little sloppiness. This new process makes the handling of the cream much simpler and gets rids of a great deal of the sloppiness. 4 informal Weak or foolish sentimentality: scenes without over-dramatization or sentimental sloppiness... If you think I'm down on sentiment, it's because I hate sloppiness. Just pure sloppiness and sentimental tosh! Sloppiness, sentiment, and gush—the three distinguishing traits of so many modern novels—are absent.
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