SLOPPY


Meaning of SLOPPY in English

slop ‧ py /ˈslɒpi $ ˈslɑːpi/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . not done carefully or thoroughly SYN careless :

sloppy work

His written reports are incredibly sloppy.

2 . sloppy clothes are loose-fitting, untidy, or dirty:

Ann was dressed in a sloppy brown sweater.

3 . expressing feelings of love too strongly and in a silly way SYN slushy :

The film is a sloppy romance.

4 . not solid enough:

sloppy jelly

—sloppily adverb

—sloppiness noun [uncountable]

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THESAURUS

▪ careless not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc:

I made a few careless mistakes.

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It was careless of you to leave your purse lying about.

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He started getting careless about taking his medication.

▪ clumsy often dropping or breaking things because you move around in a careless way:

I’m so clumsy, I spilt milk all over the floor.

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a clumsy child

▪ sloppy careless and lazy in the way you do your work or in your behaviour generally:

As a student, he was brilliant but sloppy.

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I will not tolerate sloppy work.

▪ reckless especially written doing dangerous or stupid things without thinking about your own or other people’s safety:

The driver of the car was arrested for reckless driving.

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His actions showed a reckless disregard for human life.

▪ irresponsible careless in a way that might affect other people, especially when you should be taking care of them:

It’s irresponsible for parents to let their children smoke.

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his irresponsible attitude to keeping animals

▪ tactless carelessly saying something that upsets or embarrasses someone, without intending to do this:

He kept making tactless remarks about her appearance.

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a tactless question

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I thought it would be tactless to ask about her divorce.

▪ casual not being careful enough about something and treating it as though it is not important:

He seems to have a very casual attitude towards his work.

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She disliked the casual way in which he made decisions affecting other people’s lives.

▪ negligent careless about something that you are responsible for, so that serious mistakes are made – used especially when someone will be officially punished for this:

The doctor was negligent in using the wrong type of needle.

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They found him guilty of negligent conduct.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.