adj.
Pronunciation: ' slä-p ē
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: slop · pi · er ; -est
Date: 1672
1 a : wet so as to spatter easily : SLUSHY <a sloppy racetrack> b : wet or smeared with or as if with something slopped over
2 : SLOVENLY , CARELESS <a sloppy dresser> <did sloppy work>
3 : disagreeably effusive < sloppy sentimentalism>
– slop · pi · ly \ ' slä-p ə -l ē \ adverb
– slop · pi · ness noun