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• n  the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
  the sloppiness of a rainy November day
• n  a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
• n  the quality of not being careful or taking pains
• n  falsely emotional in a maudlin way

• The austere space communicates antifashion; there is nothing cool about the spartanic sloppiness.
• I voted against the Military Commissions Act because its sloppiness would inevitably lead to the Court, once again, rejecting the Administration's extreme legal position.
• In 2003, just after the start of the Iraq war, Moore's blunt sloppiness was still considered so declass that his anti-Bush Oscar acceptance speech was booed.

• wateriness
• muddiness
• slovenliness
• unkemptness
• carelessness
• mawkishness
• sentimentality
• drippiness
• mushiness
• soupiness

• carefulness

News & Articles

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• Silverman: Geno Smith Not Likely To Be Miracle Man For Halting Jets Offense
  Smith has many issues, but footwork is the biggest. He is struggling to understand the mechanics, and that leads to overall sloppiness. He is not ready to play right now, and he’ll have to pick it up quite a bit if he is going to be able to contribute this year.
  June 14, 2013 - CBS New York

Quotes

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• Jurgen Klinsmann in USA Today
  We wanted to show from the start who is the boss here,Bayern coach Juergen Klinsmann said. "We didn't want to allow any sloppiness and to let them score first."
• Bert van Marwijk in Calgary Herald
  After the Cameroon match, I spoke to the squad. We often have that period of sloppiness after we take the lead. I said we can't afford that,said van Marwijk. "If you look at what we've done so far, we've given a stable impression in the...
• Sandy Berger in USA Today
  I deeply regret the sloppiness involved but had no intention of withholding documents from the Commission and, to the contrary, to my knowledge every document requested by the Commission from the Clinton Administration was produced,Berger...