Synonyms for sloppy
ˈslɒp islop·py

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1. sloppyadjective

   lacking neatness or order

   "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"

   Synonyms:
   miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, haphazard, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddy

   Antonyms:
   dry, unemotional, tidy, tight, careful

2. sloppyadjective

   wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material

   "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"

   Synonyms:
   miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, haphazard, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddy

   Antonyms:
   unemotional, tidy, dry, tight, careful

3. boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterloggedadjective

   (of soil) soft and watery

   "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"

   Synonyms:
   dingy, miry, waterlogged, spongy, squishy, pulpy, murky, mucky, loose-fitting, haphazard, baggy, sloughy, torpid, inert, dirty, turbid, mirky, doughy, spongelike, marshy, sluggish, cloudy, swampy, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddy, muddied

   Antonyms:
   dry, tight, unemotional, tidy, careful

4. baggy, loose-fitting, sloppyadjective

   not fitting closely; hanging loosely

   "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"

   Synonyms:
   miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, haphazard, baggy, sloughy, marshy, swampy, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddy

   Antonyms:
   tight, careful, dry, unemotional, tidy

5. overemotional, sloppyadjective

   excessively or abnormally emotional

   Synonyms:
   miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, haphazard, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddy

   Antonyms:
   careful, tight, dry, tidy, unemotional

6. haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppyadjective

   marked by great carelessness

   "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

   Synonyms:
   miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, squashy, hit-or-miss, haphazard, slapdash, soggy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, boggy, muddy

   Antonyms:
   dry, careful, tight, tidy, unemotional

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1. soggy

   the thick, soggy mass of fallen leaves

   Submitted by Cindrella on August 26, 2019  

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1. sloppyadjective

   Synonyms:
   plashy, splashy, muddy, SLABBY

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1. List of paraphrases for "sloppy":

   careless, negligent, disordered, sentimental, neglectful, disorderly, muddy, clumsy, messy

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1. Megan Squire:

   The technical stuff in this database is some of the worst -- it is the worst I've ever seen, it's a horrible database. It's got a terrible design, it's full of mistakes, it's incomprehensible at times, it's sloppy.

2. Rosmah Mansor:

   As a woman and as the wife of a leader, I have to look made up, neat and take care of my appearance. It is also embarrassing for Malaysians when other countries make fun of the sloppy wife of Malaysia's prime minister.

3. Rick Meckler:

   It got very sloppy, and I think you then saw buyers start to emerge. But a lot of those buyers were short-term in nature and took some of their gains around lunch time. Now we're seeing a second wave of selling.

4. Dan Backer:

   This is exactly the scenario that they said would occur, they were so brazen about it yet so sloppy.

5. Kim Forrest:

   The market is on a pause mode till we get some direction from the Fed, there is some amount of bargain hunting too as investors are price sensitive and we're going to see some sloppy trading today, because there is no major economic data or news.