SLOPPINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sloppiness mean? 

• SLOPPINESS (noun)
  The noun SLOPPINESS has 4 senses:

1. the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water

2. a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for

3. the quality of not being careful or taking pains

4. falsely emotional in a maudlin way

  Familiarity information: SLOPPINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOPPINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

muddiness; sloppiness; wateriness

Context example:

the sloppiness of a rainy November day

Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):

wetness (the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))

Derivation:

sloppy ((of soil) soft and watery)

sloppy (wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

sloppiness; slovenliness; unkemptness

Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):

untidiness (the condition of being untidy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloppiness"):

shagginess (unkemptness of hair)

Derivation:

sloppy (lacking neatness or order)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of not being careful or taking pains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

carelessness; sloppiness

Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):

inattentiveness (the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloppiness"):

incaution; incautiousness (the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger)

neglect; neglectfulness; negligence (the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern)

unconscientiousness (the trait of not being painstaking or careful)

Derivation:

sloppy (marked by great carelessness)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

drippiness; mawkishness; mushiness; sentimentality; sloppiness; soupiness

Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloppiness"):

corn (something sentimental or trite)

schmaltz; schmalz; shmaltz ((Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music)

sentimentalism (a predilection for sentimentality)

Derivation:

sloppy (excessively or abnormally emotional)