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sloppy

/slop-ee/US // ˈslɒp i //UK // (ˈslɒpɪ) //

粗心大意,马虎,草率,粗枝大叶

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est.

    • : muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
    • : splashed or soiled with liquid.
    • : careless; loose: sloppy writing.
    • : untidy; slovenly: sloppy clothes; a sloppy eater.
    • : overly emotional; gushy: sloppy sentimentality.
    • : prepared or served in an unappetizing way.
    • : loose-fitting; baggy: a big, sloppy sweater.
    • : wet from a recent or continuing heavy rain and containing puddles and mud still too thin and watery to be sticky.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.messy

Examples

  • The Wizards’ offense was sloppy, but that didn’t make a difference in light of one of their best defensive stretches of the season.

  • Without it, hikers get “sloppy,” especially when they’re tired.

  • Maryland’s defense remained a concern, but the Terps were also sloppy with the ball, finishing with 16 turnovers that turned into 27 Ohio State points.

  • With a healthcare system already riddled with disparities, sloppy applications of deep learning could make that worse.

  • Eller said the Capitals lost some of their edge, getting sloppy and taking too many penalties.

  • He catalogues the sloppy flow of outside money and its failures to transform the country.

  • I mean, it shouldn't be sloppy work; it shouldn't be bad procurement process.

  • Some of the stuff has been so shoddy and so sloppy that our soldiers are over there dying in the shower from electrocution.

  • There are two separate crises that Republicans (and sloppy liberals) are conflating for political reasons.

  • The Chairman, the new book about disgraced former Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer, is a sloppy, ugly mess.

  • It is turning a little colder now, which will be really a great improvement over the sloppy weather we have been having.

  • A few lights were moving about, and shadows fell hither and thither as one of the hands carried a lantern along the sloppy deck.

  • Friday, the 4th of April, was a sloppy day, and just before sundown we heard firing off towards Sherman's division.

  • At about one o'clock—or between one and two—she thought she heard a sloppy footstep near the sleeping porch.

  • This manner of cooling is especially adapted to camping parties and will prevent sloppy butter, sour milk and spoiling fruit.