SLOPPY


Meaning of SLOPPY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈslä-pē ]

adjective

( 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 ˈslä-pə-lē adverb

• slop·pi·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.