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sloppiness

DEFINITIONS OF: sloppiness

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n the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water

“the sloppiness of a rainy November day”
Synonyms:
muddiness, wateriness
Type of:
wetness
the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)

n a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for

Synonyms:
slovenliness, unkemptness
Types:
shagginess
unkemptness of hair
Type of:
untidiness
the condition of being untidy

n the quality of not being careful or taking pains

Synonyms:
carelessness
Antonyms:
carefulness
the quality of being careful and painstaking
Types:
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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
unwariness
the trait of not being cautious and watchful
delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
laxity, laxness, remissness, slackness
the quality of being lax and neglectful
imprudence
a lack of caution in practical affairs
Type of:
inattentiveness
the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others

n falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Synonyms:
drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, soupiness
Types:
corn
something sentimental or trite
schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz
(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
sentimentalism
a predilection for sentimentality
Type of:
emotionalism, emotionality
emotional nature or quality
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