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. Rick Meckler:

   There was clearly some forced selling, whether it was forced selling or just stop=losses for large, aggressive hedge funds, it got very sloppy, and 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 lunchtime. Now we're seeing a second wave of selling.

2. Kurt Brunner:

   We could face a little more of this kind of trading as we see people position around the idea of a rate increase, over the next couple weeks it could be a little sloppy before we head into Thanksgiving.

3. Roy Cohen:

   Sometimes we get sloppy when we are at home.

4. Kurt Brunner:

   We're still in a period of searching, you have more people taking advantage of upside. But we're in for some sloppy trading and I don't think it's over today. I don't think it's a straight shot up.

5. James Anderson:

   They periodically ratchet up the pressure to pressure Taiwan, to pressure the United States and to probe weaknesses, to test our resolve, and probably the proximate cause of the most recent escalation and probing has to do with our sloppy and unfortunate disaster with respect to the withdrawal from Afghanistan.