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SLOPPINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Synonyms:
drippiness; mawkishness; mushiness; sentimentality; sloppiness; soupiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloppiness"):
corn (something sentimental or trite)
schmaltz; schmalz; shmaltz ((Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music)
sentimentalism (a predilection for sentimentality)
Derivation:
sloppy (excessively or abnormally emotional)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of not being careful or taking pains
Synonyms:
carelessness; sloppiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):
inattentiveness (the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloppiness"):
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)
Derivation:
sloppy (marked by great carelessness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
Synonyms:
sloppiness; slovenliness; unkemptness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):
untidiness (the condition of being untidy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloppiness"):
shagginess (unkemptness of hair)
Derivation:
sloppy (lacking neatness or order)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
Example:
the sloppiness of a rainy November day
Synonyms:
muddiness; sloppiness; wateriness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sloppiness" is a kind of...):
wetness (the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))
Derivation:
sloppy ((of soil) soft and watery)
sloppy (wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material)
