SLOPPY in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of SLOPPY
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sloppy
 a.  wet, so as to spatter easily; muddy; lack of care or precision
Classic Sentence:
1  The carriage plowed its way farther and halted for a moment to permit two ladies with baskets of bandages on their arms to pick precarious passages across the sloppy street on stepping stones.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  Gosh, your kitchen is clean; makes an old bach feel sloppy.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  Yet he was vain of his new turn-down collars and sleek ties; he often spoke of the "sloppy dressing" of Dr. McGanum; and he laughed at old men who wore detachable cuffs or Gladstone collars.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  The whole place was very sloppy from the rain which had fallen through the night.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Example Sentence:
1  She's always criticizing her husband for being sloppy.
2  Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.
3  My boss criticized my sloppy personal appearance.
4  She didn't recognize him in his sloppy everyday clothes.
5  First, a rush job always results in sloppy output.
6  In the past, companies with sloppy approaches have been able to count on their customers' lack of interest in cybersecurity which has dwindled over the years despite a succession of hacking scandals.