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sloppiness

Definitions of sloppiness
  1. noun
    the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
    “the sloppiness of a rainy November day”
    synonyms: muddiness, wateriness
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    type of:
    wetness
    the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
  2. noun
    a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
    synonyms: slovenliness, unkemptness
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    types:
    shagginess
    unkemptness of hair
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    untidiness
    the condition of being untidy
  3. noun
    the quality of not being careful or taking pains
    synonyms: carelessness
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    Antonyms:
    carefulness
    the quality of being careful and painstaking
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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
  4. noun
    falsely emotional in a maudlin way
    synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, soupiness
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    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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