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The definition of sloppy is something messy or done with a lack of care.

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A room with papers and clothes and dirty dishes spread all around is an example of something that would be described as sloppy.
Jotting down quick answers to your homework that are written so messily the teacher can barely read them is an example of something that would be described as a sloppy effort.

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See sloppy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective sloppier, sloppiest

consisting of or covered with slop; wet and splashy; muddy; slushy
splashed or spotted with liquids
1. very untidy; showing lack of care; slovenly or messy
2. careless; slipshod
Informal gushingly sentimental

Related Forms:

sloppily adverb
sloppiness noun

See sloppy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est

Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room.
Marked by a lack of care or precision; slipshod: sloppy use of language.
Informal Oversentimental; gushy.
Of, resembling, or covered with slop; muddy or slushy: sloppy ground.
Watery and unappetizing: a sloppy stew.
Spotted or splashed with liquid.

Related Forms:

slopˈpi·ly adverb

slopˈpi·ness noun

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