sloppiness

1. 1.

   the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water

   “the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield”

   “the water's muddiness made it undrinkable”

   “the sloppiness of a rainy November day”

   Synonymswaterinessmuddiness

   Broaderwetness
2. 2.

   a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for

   Synonymsslovenlinessunkemptness

   Broaderuntidiness

   Narrowershagginess
3. 3.

   the quality of not being careful or taking pains

   Synonymscarelessness

   Broaderinattentiveness

   Narrowerincautionnegligenceunconscientiousness
4. 4.

   falsely emotional in a maudlin way

   Synonymsmawkishnesssentimentalitydrippinessmushinesssoupiness

   Broaderemotionality

   Narrowercornschmaltzsentimentalism

Other forms of sloppiness

plural

sloppinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sloppiness

What does sloppiness mean?

sloppiness means "the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sloppiness?

sloppiness has 3 syllables: slop-pi-ness. The stress falls on "slop". In IPA it is /ˈslɑpinəs/.

What is another word for sloppiness?

Close synonyms include wateriness, muddiness, slovenliness, unkemptness, carelessness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sloppiness a common word?

sloppiness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.