sloppy

CEFRB2

/ˈslɒp.i/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Careless and untidy.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Imprecise or loose.

Examples

  • Edit your work better before you submit it, it's sloppy.

  • He said he dashed this proposal off in one sitting. It's pretty sloppy.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈslɑ.pi/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

  2. Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

  3. Resembling or characteristic of AI slop.

More examples

In context

  • The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

  • The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

  • a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The chef fired the blank cook who always spilled ingredients on the floor.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From slop + -y.