Sloppy Meaning
/ˈslɒp.i/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjVery wet; covered in or composed of slop.
adjMessy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
Sentence Examples
He said he dashed this proposal off in one sitting. It's pretty sloppy.
Edit your work better before you submit it, it's sloppy.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef fired the ____ cook who always spilled ingredients on the floor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He received a lower grade on his essay because his handwriting was very ____ and hard to read.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English slop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sloppy From slop + -y.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Among the key criticisms: the writing in the finale was “some of the sloppiest … I’ve ever watched”, while the show in general was a “hot mess of faux character archs [sic]” which made “repeated heavy-handed attempts” to show that “Man=Problem”. (Now that’s a tattoo-worthy phrase if ever there was one)."
— 2024 February 23, Paul MacInnes, “‘Some of the sloppiest writing I’ve ever watched’: how True Detective’s creator turned on his own show”, in The Guardian:
"The likes of Liv may be gone from Meta for now, but our online future seems to be getting sloppier and sloppier."
— 2025 January 8, Arwa Mahdawi, “AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it?”, in The Guardian:
"My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge."
— 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef fired the ____ cook who always spilled ingredients on the floor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He received a lower grade on his essay because his handwriting was very ____ and hard to read.