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单词 sloppiness
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sloppiness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈslɒp.i.nəs/us
/ˈslɑː.pi.nəs/

sloppinessnoun[U](CARELESSNESS)

disapproving
alackofcareoreffort:
懒散
Theworkhas beencriticizedfor sloppiness anderrors.这功课因潦草和错漏百出而被批评。
There was ageneralsloppiness in the way thebusinesswasrun.总得来说，这家公司的管理很松散。
More examples
  • There is noevidenceofparticularsloppiness by theairportsecurity.
  • Thechefsawso much sloppiness in thekitchenthat heflewinto one of hisrages.
  • Hepassedtheballwith analarmingsloppiness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not paying attention
  • absent
  • absent-minded
  • absent-mindedly
  • absent-mindedness
  • absently
  • anyhow
  • dreamily
  • dreamy
  • drop/loweryourguardidiom
  • faraway
  • glazed
  • laxity
  • laxly
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • merrily
  • misfocus
  • sideline
  • unmindful
  • unwary
  • zone out
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sloppinessnoun[U](LOOSENESS)

(ofclothes) thequalityof beinguntidyand toobigorloose:
邋遢；衣着宽松不合身
Thejacketseemedabitbigbut Iloveitscomfortablesloppiness.这件夹克看起来有点大，但我喜欢它舒适的宽松。
You may need tospeakto her about the sloppiness of herappearance.你可能需要和她谈谈，外表不要弄得太邋遢。
More examples
  • Whiledisapprovingof the sloppiness of hisclothes, sheenviedhim hisease.
  • There's afunnysloppiness thatoccursin many a mom'swardrobe.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Flexible, loose and yielding
  • adrift
  • bendable
  • bendy
  • ductile
  • ductility
  • flowing
  • fullness
  • jointed
  • limply
  • limpness
  • loose-fitting
  • pliant
  • pliantly
  • relax
  • rubbery
  • slack
  • slacken
  • sloppy
  • unstuck
  • yielding
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sloppinessnoun[U](WET)

informaldisapproving
thestateof being tooliquid, often in anunpleasantway:
过稀的状态
Serve withbreadtoscoopup all thatdelicioussloppiness.伴有面包，可将美味的稀汁抹个干净。
Iforgottomentionthe sloppiness of thechocolatepots. They were amess.我忘了说罐子里的巧克力太稀了，乱糟糟的。
More examples
  • Iaddextrasauce, and thekidslovethe sloppiness of thisdish.
  • Theindividualingredientswerelostin theoverallsloppiness of theburger.
  • Theproblemwas not really thefooditself, but more the sloppiness of thefood.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physics: the state of matter
  • absorbency
  • absorption
  • acidic
  • allotropic
  • compressible
  • concentration
  • e-liquid
  • fluid
  • gaseous
  • impermeable
  • metallic
  • neutral
  • permeable
  • pressurized
  • slurry
  • superabsorbent
  • superwave
  • unabsorbent
  • unset
  • viscosity
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sloppinessnoun[U](SILLY)

informaldisapproving
thequalityof beingsillyor tooemotional:
Ithinktoo much sloppiness on a firstdatecan beclaustrophobic.
See
sloppy
More examples
  • Hecastalookof suchsimperingsloppiness at hiswifeit would have made acatsick.
  • There was none of thesentimentalsloppiness about her that had been sonoticeablebefore.
  • He didn't like myemotionalsloppiness,eventhough he himself sometimesbecamesentimental.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sentimental and over-emotional
  • cloying
  • cloyingly
  • gauzily
  • mawkish
  • mawkishly
  • mushy
  • sappy
  • schmaltz
  • schmaltzy
  • sentimental
  • sickly
  • sloppily
  • sloppy
  • slush
  • slushy
  • soppily
  • soppiness
  • soppy
  • syrupy
  • tweeness
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(Definition ofsloppinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
sloppiness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈslɒp.i.nəs/us
/ˈslɑː.pi.nəs/

sloppinessnoun[U](CARELESSNESS)

disapproving
alackofcareoreffort
懒散
Theworkhas beencriticizedfor sloppiness anderrors.这功课因潦草和错漏百出而被批评。
There was ageneralsloppiness in the way thebusinesswasrun.总得来说，这家公司的管理很松散。
More examples
  • There is noevidenceofparticularsloppiness by theairportsecurity.
  • Thechefsawso much sloppiness in thekitchenthat heflewinto one of hisrages.
  • Hepassedtheballwith analarmingsloppiness.

sloppinessnoun[U](LOOSENESS)

(ofclothes) thequalityof beinguntidyand toobigorloose
邋遢；衣着宽松不合身
Thejacketseemedabitbigbut Iloveitscomfortablesloppiness.这件夹克看起来有点大，但我喜欢它舒适的宽松。
You may need tospeakto her about the sloppiness of herappearance.你可能需要和她谈谈，外表不要弄得太邋遢。
More examples
  • Whiledisapprovingof the sloppiness of hisclothes, sheenviedhim hisease.
  • There's afunnysloppiness thatoccursin many a mom'swardrobe.

sloppinessnoun[U](WET)

informaldisapproving
thestateof being tooliquid, often in anunpleasantway
过稀的状态
Serve withbreadtoscoopup all thatdelicioussloppiness.伴有面包，可将美味的稀汁抹个干净。
Iforgottomentionthe sloppiness of thechocolatepots. They were amess.我忘了说罐子里的巧克力太稀了，乱糟糟的。
More examples
  • Iaddextrasauce, and thekidslovethe sloppiness of thisdish.
  • Theindividualingredientswerelostin theoverallsloppiness of theburger.
  • Theproblemwas not really thefooditself, but more the sloppiness of thefood.

sloppiness| American Dictionary

sloppiness
noun[U]
us
/ˈslɑp·i·nəs/
thequalityof beingmessyor done in acarelessway:
Suchremarkablesloppiness was theresultof too muchhurry.
(Definition ofsloppinessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsloppiness

sloppiness
Communities are the chief source of philosophicalsloppinessthese days.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These revelations cannot be separated from their larger context: widespreadsloppinessand wrongdoing at criminal labs, including one lab shut down for criminal negligence.
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A competent typist could key in the whole word in no time, and the abbreviations were considered the height ofsloppiness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The casual intellectualsloppinessof this remark suggests that justification of inspection reports is not a priority.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unfortunately there is somesloppinessin the editing.
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But first impressions can be misleading, and the initial suspicion ofsloppinesssoon gives way to admiration for the imagination displayed in this study.
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The care and continuity with which the marriages were recorded, however, are in sharp contrast with the relativesloppinessshown in the registration of other vital events.
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We can only get away with thissloppinessbecause both "type errors" and "run-time errors" in type-level code manifest themselves at compile-time for the overall program.
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Only informal situations, ignorance, sheersloppinessor an impish desire to take linguistic liberties might make us use forms that might otherwise not be regarded as acceptable.
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Finally, individual differences seem to have played a role for two speakers, who stated that unplanned performance felt more natural and made the speaker less accountable for mistakes andsloppiness.
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Even more worrying is that this seems to be not merely caused bysloppiness, but may stem from a lack of understanding of what academic work entails.
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But a judicial background is a useful safeguard against thesloppinesswhich tends to characterise the decision taking of the executive in this country.
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Gentleman is a good judge of what constitutessloppiness.
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My first complaint is about the intellectualsloppinessof much science reporting.
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There is not only secrecy and resistance to releasing information, butsloppiness.
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