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Sloppiness   /slˈɑpinəs/   Listen
Sloppiness

noun
1.
The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water.  Synonyms: muddiness, wateriness.  "The water's muddiness made it undrinkable" , "The sloppiness of a rainy November day"
2.
A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for.  Synonyms: slovenliness, unkemptness.
3.
The quality of not being careful or taking pains.  Synonym: carelessness.  Antonym: carefulness.
4.
Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.  Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, soupiness.





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"Sloppiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... worn the dress uniform of a Project officer, but he felt that all eyes were on its deplorable sloppiness. The headwaiter conducted him between tables of half-crocked customers—burly black-uniformed Space Guardsmen, army and air officers, richly clad industrialists and union bosses, civilian leaders, their wives and mistresses. The waiters ...
— Security • Poul William Anderson


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