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Adjective
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(adj)
sloppy
(lacking neatness or order)
"a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
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(adj)
sloppy
(wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material)
"a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"
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(adj)
boggy
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marshy
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miry
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mucky
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muddy
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quaggy
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sloppy
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sloughy
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soggy
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squashy
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swampy
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waterlogged
((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"
S:
(adj)
baggy
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loose-fitting
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sloppy
(not fitting closely; hanging loosely)
"baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"
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(adj)
overemotional
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sloppy
(excessively or abnormally emotional)
S:
(adj)
haphazard
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slapdash
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slipshod
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sloppy
(marked by great carelessness)
"a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"