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Meanings of sloppiness in English

Catalan
sensibleria
Spanish
superficialidad

Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.

        sensibleria
        Spanish
        descuido

        A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for.

              descuido
              Portuguese
              falta de cuidado
              Catalan
              distracció
              Spanish
              descuido

              The quality of not being careful or taking pains.

                  falta de cuidado

                  The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water.

                        Usage of sloppiness in English
                        1
                        This sloppiness speaks to one of the true tragedies of the case.
                        News.com.au
                        2
                        And one thing Honor had learned long ago was that sloppiness spread.
                        Echoes Of Honor
                        3
                        Their complaints about the slowness and sloppiness of the service were loud.
                        Dayworld Breakup
                        4
                        In the real world, visual cues correct any sloppiness in sensing movements.
                        Wired
                        5
                        There were moments of sloppiness combined with the sublime in England's fielding.
                        The Guardian
                        6
                        That plays into another trait: Tottenham's inherent capacity for sloppiness at key moments.
                        The Guardian
                        7
                        These are real virtues in this day of slackness and sloppiness.
                        The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political
                        8
                        The sloppiness of the decisive seventh goal summed it all up.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        A repeat of such sloppiness will give the Socceroos a sniff.
                        News.com.au
                        10
                        But what sloppiness and vagary those believers had been delivered into.
                        Union Atlantic
                        11
                        Defensive sloppiness allowed David Brooks to cross and Aké beat David de Gea.
                        The Guardian
                        12
                        From the ensuing kick City compounded this sloppiness by failing to mark Giroud.
                        The Guardian
                        13
                        Their game was marked by sloppiness and a lack of structure in attacking areas.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        We were banking on sloppiness and hoping for the best.
                        Man in the Middle
                        15
                        Halfway through, she decided she liked it, despite the sloppiness.
                        Imprudence
                        16
                        The cantabile is nearly always delivered with sloppiness of sentiment.
                        Chopin : the Man and His Music
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                        Sloppiness through the time