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Definition of sloppiness in English: sloppinessnoun ˈslɒpɪnəsˈslɑpinəs mass noun1Lack of care and organization; excessive casualness. the task is to expose intellectual sloppiness and fraud don't let deadlines be an excuse for sloppiness Example sentencesExamples - The only serious flaw is an irritating degree of sloppiness with plot details in the final scenes.
- In between the sorts who commit the 'benign' and 'malign' forms of plagiarism are those who do it somewhat by accident or out of sloppiness.
- Free publication must never become synonymous with sloppiness.
- The clean-shaven trend may be due to the fact that many people tend to correlate an unshaven face with sloppiness.
- The commission is attempting to crack down on fiscal sloppiness, which it argues undermines confidence in the euro.
- I think it's probably more to do with sloppiness than the fact they were actually trying to pervert the course of justice.
- The lack of essential documentation at the end of the book certainly doesn't imply any sloppiness in the main text.
- I can't ever recall a major motion picture exhibiting such sloppiness.
- Whatever my failings, sloppiness of thought is not one of them.
- This kind of sloppiness is, unfortunately, characteristic of the entire book.
2The quality of clothing being casual and loose-fitting. Joseph joined them, apologizing for the sloppiness of his attire Example sentencesExamples - I apologize for the relative sloppiness, though I might disagree with your point about cheap shirts and cheap tailoring.
- Conspicuous sloppiness is considered a proof of superior intellectual skill and correct ideological convictions.
- Chileans are generally not attracted to the casualness and, what some consider to be sloppiness, of dress in the United States.
- Good soldiers detest casual sloppiness—buttons are meant to be buttoned, and when they are not, it offends the good soldier's sense of 'natural order'.
- Always remember that there's no room for sloppiness—make sure you dress to suit the image of a successful professional.
- Jack's sloppiness was seen as symbolic of his disorderliness.
- Early in the marriage, his wife had criticized his sloppiness in dress, the way he sat on people's sofas, his dinner manners, and his tendency to use "dirty" words.
- The sloppiness of clothes held together by means of safety pins and cellophane tape is always out.
- It doesn't have to be Armani, but there is no excuse for sloppiness.
- Do not mistake simplicity in dress with sloppiness and unkemptness.
3The state of containing too much liquid; wateriness. the sloppiness of a lobster roll Example sentencesExamples - This new process makes the handling of the cream much simpler and gets rids of a great deal of the sloppiness.
- A convenient measure of the sloppiness of a tailings product can be made using the Atterberg Liquid Limit Apparatus.
- Anyone that has seen the filthy sloppiness of beer heads as often as I have in my work, would not call a beer joint "clean"!
- Little bits of barbecue had escaped their white-bread trappings, and scattered here and there were errant bits of coleslaw, but I could forgive a little sloppiness.
- Self-sealing devices on the filling spouts eliminate sloppiness.
- Water is added to the manure in the box to bring it to the desired degree of sloppiness.
- If you'd like to contain the sloppiness, serve on whole-grain sandwich thins instead of bulky hamburger buns.
- Conventional lubricants cannot be used because they freeze solid, and thermal contraction can introduce sloppiness.
- Bar soap is discouraged, not only because of the inherent sloppiness of the soap dish, but also because some organisms survive on the soap surface.
- There is ready absorption of water into the surface during wet weather, with consequent loss of stability and sloppiness of the surface.
4informal Weak or foolish sentimentality. scenes without over-dramatization or sentimental sloppiness Example sentencesExamples - If you think I'm down on sentiment, it's because I hate sloppiness.
- The ladies are rather sentimental in their ideas, and it needed all the firmness of Miss Watkyns to prevent a wave of sloppiness passing over the Society.
- I told her in so many words that all this friendship of yours is nothing but a mutual pouring forth of sloppiness.
- Some of the maudlin rubbish in the popular songs of the day still survive to add their melancholic sloppiness to the supply produced today, which is more than sufficient.
- Sloppiness, sentiment, and gush—the three distinguishing traits of so many modern novels—are absent.
- Just pure sloppiness and sentimental tosh!
- He called gospel hymns "a slough of sentimental music-hall sloppiness," but their "almost irresistible. .. visceral appeal" insinuated itself into many worship services.
- She is floated on a sea of sentimental sloppiness, a continuous gush about her frankness and freshness.
- The last few stanzas plumb depths of sloppiness and sentimentality to which the poet nowhere else in all his mature writing descended.
- Genuine love must combine tenderness and a certain firmness—otherwise, it will lose its inner soundness and resilience, and turn into sterile sloppiness and mawkishness.
Definition of sloppiness in US English: sloppinessnounˈslɑpinəsˈsläpēnəs 1Lack of care and organization; excessive casualness. the task is to expose intellectual sloppiness and fraud don't let deadlines be an excuse for sloppiness Example sentencesExamples - The clean-shaven trend may be due to the fact that many people tend to correlate an unshaven face with sloppiness.
- Whatever my failings, sloppiness of thought is not one of them.
- This kind of sloppiness is, unfortunately, characteristic of the entire book.
- I can't ever recall a major motion picture exhibiting such sloppiness.
- Free publication must never become synonymous with sloppiness.
- I think it's probably more to do with sloppiness than the fact they were actually trying to pervert the course of justice.
- The commission is attempting to crack down on fiscal sloppiness, which it argues undermines confidence in the euro.
- The lack of essential documentation at the end of the book certainly doesn't imply any sloppiness in the main text.
- The only serious flaw is an irritating degree of sloppiness with plot details in the final scenes.
- In between the sorts who commit the 'benign' and 'malign' forms of plagiarism are those who do it somewhat by accident or out of sloppiness.
2The quality of clothing being casual and loose-fitting. Joseph joined them, apologizing for the sloppiness of his attire Example sentencesExamples - Jack's sloppiness was seen as symbolic of his disorderliness.
- Conspicuous sloppiness is considered a proof of superior intellectual skill and correct ideological convictions.
- Good soldiers detest casual sloppiness—buttons are meant to be buttoned, and when they are not, it offends the good soldier's sense of 'natural order'.
- Chileans are generally not attracted to the casualness and, what some consider to be sloppiness, of dress in the United States.
- It doesn't have to be Armani, but there is no excuse for sloppiness.
- Early in the marriage, his wife had criticized his sloppiness in dress, the way he sat on people's sofas, his dinner manners, and his tendency to use "dirty" words.
- Always remember that there's no room for sloppiness—make sure you dress to suit the image of a successful professional.
- The sloppiness of clothes held together by means of safety pins and cellophane tape is always out.
- Do not mistake simplicity in dress with sloppiness and unkemptness.
- I apologize for the relative sloppiness, though I might disagree with your point about cheap shirts and cheap tailoring.
3The state of containing too much liquid; wateriness. the sloppiness of a lobster roll Example sentencesExamples - Water is added to the manure in the box to bring it to the desired degree of sloppiness.
- A convenient measure of the sloppiness of a tailings product can be made using the Atterberg Liquid Limit Apparatus.
- Conventional lubricants cannot be used because they freeze solid, and thermal contraction can introduce sloppiness.
- If you'd like to contain the sloppiness, serve on whole-grain sandwich thins instead of bulky hamburger buns.
- There is ready absorption of water into the surface during wet weather, with consequent loss of stability and sloppiness of the surface.
- Little bits of barbecue had escaped their white-bread trappings, and scattered here and there were errant bits of coleslaw, but I could forgive a little sloppiness.
- Anyone that has seen the filthy sloppiness of beer heads as often as I have in my work, would not call a beer joint "clean"!
- Self-sealing devices on the filling spouts eliminate sloppiness.
- This new process makes the handling of the cream much simpler and gets rids of a great deal of the sloppiness.
- Bar soap is discouraged, not only because of the inherent sloppiness of the soap dish, but also because some organisms survive on the soap surface.
4informal Weak or foolish sentimentality. scenes without over-dramatization or sentimental sloppiness Example sentencesExamples - If you think I'm down on sentiment, it's because I hate sloppiness.
- She is floated on a sea of sentimental sloppiness, a continuous gush about her frankness and freshness.
- Some of the maudlin rubbish in the popular songs of the day still survive to add their melancholic sloppiness to the supply produced today, which is more than sufficient.
- The ladies are rather sentimental in their ideas, and it needed all the firmness of Miss Watkyns to prevent a wave of sloppiness passing over the Society.
- He called gospel hymns "a slough of sentimental music-hall sloppiness," but their "almost irresistible. .. visceral appeal" insinuated itself into many worship services.
- Genuine love must combine tenderness and a certain firmness—otherwise, it will lose its inner soundness and resilience, and turn into sterile sloppiness and mawkishness.
- I told her in so many words that all this friendship of yours is nothing but a mutual pouring forth of sloppiness.
- Sloppiness, sentiment, and gush—the three distinguishing traits of so many modern novels—are absent.
- The last few stanzas plumb depths of sloppiness and sentimentality to which the poet nowhere else in all his mature writing descended.
- Just pure sloppiness and sentimental tosh!
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