sloppiness
Lack of care
Sloppiness is the quality of being sloppy—careless, messy, or lacking precision.
It can describe physical disorder the sloppiness of his desk, poor execution sloppiness in her brushwork, or lack of rigor intellectual sloppiness.
The word carries mild judgment, suggesting standards not met rather than deliberate neglect.
Untidy collection of items
- disarrayLack of order
- spillsAccidental liquid escapes
- stainsDiscolorations on surfaces
- smudgesUnclear dirty marks
splatter · grime · gunk · dribbles · splotches · smears · slobber · drool
Failure to exercise care
- inattentionLack of focus
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- laxityLack of strictness
slackness · imprecision · inaccuracy · recklessness · irresponsibility · remissness · neglect · thoughtlessness
Lack of grooming
- dishevelmentDisordered, messy appearance
- scruffinessUntidy, worn appearance
- rumplednessCondition of being creased
- shagginessRough, unkempt coat condition
raggedness · frumpiness · grubbiness · seediness · tattiness · slobbishness · dowdiness · slovenliness
Inferior construction quality
- slipshodCareless and hasty
- half-heartednessAbsence of genuine effort
- mediocrityQuality of being average
- amateurishnessLack of skilled refinement
crudeness · roughness · incompleteness · superficiality · inadequacy · deficiency · faultiness · substandard
Soft, pulpy quality
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- schmaltzPoultry fat or sentimentality
- mawkishnessExaggerated, insincere sentimentality
- sappinessExcessive maudlin sentiment
gushiness · bathos · corniness · treacle · melodrama · weepiness · tearfulness · effusiveness
clutter
Untidy collection of items
smudges · splatter · grime · gunk · dribbles · splotches · smears · slobber · drool · slosh
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- inattentionLack of focus
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
laxity · slackness · imprecision · inaccuracy · recklessness · irresponsibility · remissness · neglect · thoughtlessness · dereliction
unkemptness
Lack of grooming
- dishevelmentDisordered, messy appearance
- scruffinessUntidy, worn appearance
- rumplednessCondition of being creased
shagginess · raggedness · frumpiness · grubbiness · seediness · tattiness · slobbishness · dowdiness · slovenliness · wrinkledness
shoddiness
Inferior construction quality
- slipshodCareless and hasty
- half-heartednessAbsence of genuine effort
- mediocrityQuality of being average
amateurishness · crudeness · roughness · incompleteness · superficiality · inadequacy · deficiency · faultiness · substandard · laziness
mushiness
Soft, pulpy quality
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- schmaltzPoultry fat or sentimentality
- mawkishnessExaggerated, insincere sentimentality
sappiness · gushiness · bathos · corniness · treacle · melodrama · weepiness · tearfulness · effusiveness
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
- sloppinessmessiness, untidiness, dishevelment, slovenliness, unkemptness
- shoddinessslipshod, slapdash, hack job, botch job, botch
- unstylishnessunstylish, unfashionable, tastelessness, dowdiness, frumpiness
- speedspeed, quickness, rate, velocity, pace
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
sloppinessmeticulousness
Extreme carefulness in details
carefulness · care · precision · exactness · accuracy
sloppinessneatness
State of being tidy
tidiness · orderliness · cleanliness · trimness · organization
sloppinessrigor
Strict, thorough precision
rigour · exactitude · strictness · discipline · stringency
sloppy, slop, sloppily, slops, slopped, slopping, sloppier, sloppiest