sloppier; sloppiest
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: disagreeably effusive
sloppy sentimentalism
sloppiness
noun
Examples of sloppy in a Sentence
Your work has been very sloppy lately.
a sloppy child who always seems to have spilled something on his clothes
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Los Alamitos tied the game in the third due to some sloppy defense from the Eagles.
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Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 23 May 2025
The first half was sloppy, with both teams unable to take control of the game or create genuine goal chances.
—David Close, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
José had sent it as a freebie after Akasha complained about sloppy packaging on previous bark orders and threatened to switch to a new source in Peru.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
An errant tee shot on 16 led to a sloppy bogey before the Spaniard's shot on the par-3 17th bounced through the green and went into the water.
—Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 23 May 2025
The first half was sloppy, with both teams unable to take control of the game or create genuine goal chances.
—David Close, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
José had sent it as a freebie after Akasha complained about sloppy packaging on previous bark orders and threatened to switch to a new source in Peru.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
An errant tee shot on 16 led to a sloppy bogey before the Spaniard's shot on the par-3 17th bounced through the green and went into the water.
—Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sloppy
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“Sloppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloppy. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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