noun
Meaning 1
The property of being sloppy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sloppiness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being sloppy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotionality, emotionalism
Narrower terms: corn, schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz, sentimentalism
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of not being careful or taking pains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carelessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inattentiveness
Narrower terms: incaution, incautiousness, negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, unconscientiousness
noun
Meaning 5
a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slovenliness, unkemptness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: untidiness
Narrower terms: shagginess
noun
Meaning 6
the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield
- the water's muddiness made it undrinkable
- the sloppiness of a rainy November day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wateriness, muddiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wetness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sloppy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sloppiness From sloppy + -ness.
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Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Greek: προχειρότητα (procheirótita) — Translations