sloppy work

  • 1sloppy — [[t]slɒ̱pi[/t]] sloppier, sloppiest 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone s work or activities as sloppy, you mean they have been done in a careless and lazy way. He has little patience for sloppy work from colleagues... His… …

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  • 2work — I n. labor 1) to do work (they never do any work) 2) to begin; quit, stop work (they quit work at one o clock) 3) to take on work 4) to undo smb. s work 5) backbreaking, hard; delicate; demanding; dirty, scut; easy, light; exhausting, tiring;… …

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  • 3sloppy — slop|py [ˈslɔpi US ˈsla:pi] adj 1.) not done carefully or thoroughly = ↑careless ▪ sloppy work ▪ His written reports are incredibly sloppy. 2.) sloppy clothes are loose fitting, untidy, or dirty ▪ Ann was dressed in a sloppy brown sweater. 3.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4sloppy — adjective (sloppier; est) Date: 1672 1. a. wet so as to spatter easily ; slushy < a sloppy racetrack > b. wet or smeared with or as if with something slopped over 2. slovenly, careless < a sloppy dresser > …

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  • 5Sloppy Seconds (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Sloppy Seconds Type = Album Artist = Dr. Hook The Medicine Show Released = 1972 Recorded = Genre = Country rock Length = 35:55 Label = Columbia Producer = Ron Haffkine Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5&#8230; …

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  • 6sloppy — adjective 1 not done carefully or thoroughly: This piece of work is very sloppy. | sloppy writing 2 sloppy clothes are loose fitting, untidy, or dirty: a sloppy old sweater 3 expressing your feelings of love too strongly and in a silly way: He&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7work — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 effort/product of effort ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ It s hard work trying to get him to do a few things for himself. ▪ It doesn t require skill it s a matter of sheer hard work. ▪ arduous, back breakin …

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  • 8sloppy — adj. Sloppy is used with these nouns: ↑handwriting, ↑journalism, ↑jumper, ↑kiss, ↑mess, ↑pass, ↑salute, ↑work …

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  • 9did a sloppy job — did poor work …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10slop|py — «SLOP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est. 1. very wet; slushy: »sloppy ground, sloppy weather. 2. splashed or soiled with liquid: »a sloppy table, a floor sloppy with suds …

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