Sloppy
adjective
Not neat, not careful or not detailed.
His handwriting is incredibly sloppy.
Often appears as...
- sloppy work
- sloppy handwriting
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to food or a dish that is wet or full of sauce.
He had a sloppy joe for lunch.
Often appears as...
- sloppy joe
- sloppy food
adjective
Relating to an emotional person or behavior that is excessively sentimental.
He is known for his sloppy sentimentality.
Often appears as...
- sloppy sentimentality
- sloppy romance
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to something that is loose or not firm or secure.
The door had a sloppy hinge.
Often appears as...
- sloppy hinge
- sloppy knot
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Disapproving
adjective
Not neat, not careful or not detailed.
His handwriting is incredibly sloppy.
Often appears as...
- sloppy work
- sloppy handwriting
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to food or a dish that is wet or full of sauce.
He had a sloppy joe for lunch.
Often appears as...
- sloppy joe
- sloppy food
adjective
Relating to an emotional person or behavior that is excessively sentimental.
He is known for his sloppy sentimentality.
Often appears as...
- sloppy sentimentality
- sloppy romance
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to something that is loose or not firm or secure.
The door had a sloppy hinge.
Often appears as...
- sloppy hinge
- sloppy knot
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negligence Implied
Suggests carelessness or lack of attention in a task or appearance.
The report was sloppy, full of errors.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Tone
Often used informally to criticise a person's lack of effort or precision.
You'll lose marks for sloppy formatting.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Visual
Can describe concepts, like work or reasoning, not only physical mess.
Your reasoning is too sloppy for a good debate.
Pro Tip 1/3Negligence Implied
Suggests carelessness or lack of attention in a task or appearance.
The report was sloppy, full of errors.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Tone
Often used informally to criticise a person's lack of effort or precision.
You'll lose marks for sloppy formatting.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Visual
Can describe concepts, like work or reasoning, not only physical mess.
Your reasoning is too sloppy for a good debate.
Pro Tip 1/3Negligence Implied
Suggests carelessness or lack of attention in a task or appearance.
The report was sloppy, full of errors.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Tone
Often used informally to criticise a person's lack of effort or precision.
You'll lose marks for sloppy formatting.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Visual
Can describe concepts, like work or reasoning, not only physical mess.
Your reasoning is too sloppy for a good debate.
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Eddie Obeng: Smart...
The answer is, don't do things which are different. And then suddenly we tell them to and it doesn't work. You see, in reality, there are two ways you can fail in our new world. One, you're doing something that you should follow a procedure to, and it's a very difficult thing, you're sloppy, you get it wrong. How should you be treated? You should probably be fired. On the other hand, you're doing something new, no one's ever done before,
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Poetic performance and...
structure definitely plays into it for me but there are plenty of poets that come to structure secondary and hit images first and it's it's way more sloppy than I think okay and I hear there's more good news and you have a book that's just oh oh yeah I have my new my first collection of poetry came
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What Bruce Lee can teach...
And bridging the gap is a very important concept for martial artists like my father. It's how you get from point A to point B. It's how you get from here to your target under the most vital of circumstances. And so it makes all the difference. Do you get there as an amateur? Are you sloppy?
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Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
and they see some sloppy thing, could be an E. Ordinarily you wouldn't think so, but we're expecting an E, it's good enough, and yeah, I've seen an E, and then apple says, "Yeah, I've seen an Apple." Go up another five levels, and you're now at a pretty high level of this hierarchy,
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Measure Twice PIPE National...
chainsaws and everything you just stay focused concentrated and don't drink too much coffee it is quite important to cut those notches pretty precisely if it's cut too small the log won't sit down tight on the next log it's got too large it will be loose and sloppy
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Teach every child about...
you're purely endorsing, from a state level, fast food, because it's handheld. And yes, by the way, it is fast It's sloppy Joes, it's burgers, it's wieners, it's pizzas, it's all of that stuff. Ten percent of what we spend on health care, as I said earlier,
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The myth of Narcissus...
was regaling her with a sensational story. But what Hera didn’t know was that Echo was merely distracting her while her husband, Zeus, was frolicking about with the other nymphs. Unfortunately for Echo, Zeus got sloppy, and Hera realized what was going on.
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Why Having Fun Is the...
in response to things that weren't that fun and that we don't want to do again, ever. But it's not really our fault that we're a little bit sloppy about how we use the word "fun," because even the dictionary doesn't get it quite right.
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Birth of a nickname -...
Umpire started as numpires, too. If all of this sounds like something sloppy that we modern people would never do, then think about something you hear all the time and probably say, "A whole nother." What's nother?
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8 lessons on building a...
and things weren't getting done on time, and he felt like things were sloppy. This also was a man who, I observed, never showed up to any meeting on time. Ever. If you're part of a leadership team,
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Eddie Obeng: Smart...
The answer is, don't do things which are different. And then suddenly we tell them to and it doesn't work. You see, in reality, there are two ways you can fail in our new world. One, you're doing something that you should follow a procedure to, and it's a very difficult thing, you're sloppy, you get it wrong. How should you be treated? You should probably be fired. On the other hand, you're doing something new, no one's ever done before,
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Poetic performance and...
structure definitely plays into it for me but there are plenty of poets that come to structure secondary and hit images first and it's it's way more sloppy than I think okay and I hear there's more good news and you have a book that's just oh oh yeah I have my new my first collection of poetry came
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What Bruce Lee can teach...
And bridging the gap is a very important concept for martial artists like my father. It's how you get from point A to point B. It's how you get from here to your target under the most vital of circumstances. And so it makes all the difference. Do you get there as an amateur? Are you sloppy?
Video examples
Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
and they see some sloppy thing, could be an E. Ordinarily you wouldn't think so, but we're expecting an E, it's good enough, and yeah, I've seen an E, and then apple says, "Yeah, I've seen an Apple." Go up another five levels, and you're now at a pretty high level of this hierarchy,
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Measure Twice PIPE National...
chainsaws and everything you just stay focused concentrated and don't drink too much coffee it is quite important to cut those notches pretty precisely if it's cut too small the log won't sit down tight on the next log it's got too large it will be loose and sloppy
Video examples
Teach every child about...
you're purely endorsing, from a state level, fast food, because it's handheld. And yes, by the way, it is fast It's sloppy Joes, it's burgers, it's wieners, it's pizzas, it's all of that stuff. Ten percent of what we spend on health care, as I said earlier,
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The myth of Narcissus...
was regaling her with a sensational story. But what Hera didn’t know was that Echo was merely distracting her while her husband, Zeus, was frolicking about with the other nymphs. Unfortunately for Echo, Zeus got sloppy, and Hera realized what was going on.
Video examples
Why Having Fun Is the...
in response to things that weren't that fun and that we don't want to do again, ever. But it's not really our fault that we're a little bit sloppy about how we use the word "fun," because even the dictionary doesn't get it quite right.
Video examples
Birth of a nickname -...
Umpire started as numpires, too. If all of this sounds like something sloppy that we modern people would never do, then think about something you hear all the time and probably say, "A whole nother." What's nother?
Video examples
8 lessons on building a...
and things weren't getting done on time, and he felt like things were sloppy. This also was a man who, I observed, never showed up to any meeting on time. Ever. If you're part of a leadership team,
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Simon Sinek
English Author
The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.
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Cory Barlog
American Businessman
But that's a part of life; you're going through and nothing ever works out how you wanted. Nothing ever completed cleanly the way that you wanted. It is sloppy and messy, and when you think it's over, 'Oh great. We have a bit more to do.' There's always another bit of road ahead, even when you think you've gotten to the end.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am.
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Barbara Mertz
American Author
Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I'm not recommending it as a way to write. It's very sloppy, but it works for me.
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Jarvis Cocker
English Musician
I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesting. I've always striven to be as sloppy as possible.
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Jason Segel
American Actor
I don't like when I watch a fight in a movie that's perfectly worded and very articulate. If you were able to be that composed, you wouldn't be fighting! Fighting in real life is sloppy.
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Arthur Smith
English Comedian
Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.
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Matt Bomer
American Actor
One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Real life is often sloppy, tragic, ugly, embarrassing, unglamorous, and not made for TV.
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Tatum O'Neal
American Actress
Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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Simon Sinek
English Author
The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.
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Cory Barlog
American Businessman
But that's a part of life; you're going through and nothing ever works out how you wanted. Nothing ever completed cleanly the way that you wanted. It is sloppy and messy, and when you think it's over, 'Oh great. We have a bit more to do.' There's always another bit of road ahead, even when you think you've gotten to the end.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am.
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Barbara Mertz
American Author
Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I'm not recommending it as a way to write. It's very sloppy, but it works for me.
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Jarvis Cocker
English Musician
I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesting. I've always striven to be as sloppy as possible.
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Jason Segel
American Actor
I don't like when I watch a fight in a movie that's perfectly worded and very articulate. If you were able to be that composed, you wouldn't be fighting! Fighting in real life is sloppy.
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Arthur Smith
English Comedian
Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.
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Matt Bomer
American Actor
One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Real life is often sloppy, tragic, ugly, embarrassing, unglamorous, and not made for TV.
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Tatum O'Neal
American Actress
Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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