sloppy
Lacking in precision
Sloppy describes something messy, careless, or lacking precision.
A sloppy room is untidy; sloppy work shows insufficient attention to detail.
Sloppy food is wet and unappetizing: sloppy joe.
Sloppy weather is rainy or muddy.
Sloppy clothing is loose and baggy.
A sloppy kiss is wet and enthusiastic.
Don't get sloppy with the details.
Lacking neatness or order
- messyLacking order or neatness
- rumpledCrinkled from neglect
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
tousled · scraggly · shabby · ragged · frayed · tangled · mussed · bedraggled
Lacking organization or plan
- slipshodCareless and hasty
- negligentFailing in due care
- laxInsufficiently firm or rigorous
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
inattentive · perfunctory · cursory · amateurish · disorganized · unmethodical · imprecise · inexact
Liquid that escaped containment
- splatterScatter in drops
- dripLiquid falling slowly
- splashyOstentatiously eye-catching
- drippyTending to leak slowly
runny · soggy · soaked · sloshy · splattery · messy · stained · smeared
Soft or saccharine
- gushyExcessively emotional
- mawkishUnpleasantly overemotional
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
schmaltzy · syrupy · weepy · tearful · soppy · corny · cheesy · cloying
Soft and sticky
- slimyWet, slippery, unpleasant
- gloppyUnpleasantly thick and sticky
- goopyThick, sticky, semi-liquid
- mushySoft or saccharine
sticky · thick · oozy · glutinous · gelatinous · pasty · squelchy · sludgy
Not tight on body
- baggyLoose and drooping
- oversizedExceeding typical dimensions
- slouchyLimply relaxed in posture
- relaxedFree of stress
comfortable · unstructured · roomy · floppy · droopy · ill-fitting · shapeless · frumpy
untidy
Lacking neatness or order
wrinkled · tousled · scraggly · shabby · ragged · frayed · tangled · mussed · bedraggled · scruffy
haphazard
Lacking organization or plan
shoddy · inattentive · perfunctory · cursory · amateurish · disorganized · unmethodical · imprecise · inexact · botched
spillage
Liquid that escaped containment
drippy · runny · soggy · soaked · sloshy · splattery · messy · stained · smeared · splotchy
mushy
Soft or saccharine
saccharine · schmaltzy · syrupy · weepy · tearful · soppy · corny · cheesy · cloying · treacly
gooey
Soft and sticky
mushy · sticky · thick · oozy · glutinous · gelatinous · pasty · squelchy · sludgy · gunky
loose-fitting
Not tight on body
relaxed · comfortable · unstructured · roomy · floppy · droopy · ill-fitting · shapeless · frumpy · blousy
- handwritingcursive, block letters, penmanship, print letters, legible
- moisturemoisture, humidity, dampness, wetness, wet
- negligence expressionsdrop the ball, asleep at the wheel, let slide, slack off, caught napping
- slapdashhasty, rushed, careless, haphazard, shoddy
- work traitshardworking, diligent, productive, efficient, lazy
- shortcomingsdeficient, inadequate, lacking, inferior, subpar
- sloppy joesLoose meat sandwiches
- sloppy workPoorly executed task
- sloppy drunkVisibly, clumsily intoxicated
- sloppy secondsAnother's romantic discard
- slop bucketPail for liquid waste
- slop sinkDeep utility basin
slop, sloppiness, sloppily, slops, slopped, slopping, sloppier, sloppy joe, sloppiest