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sloppiness

sloppiness noun: the property of being sloppy.

Noun

sloppiness (countable and uncountable, plural sloppinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being sloppy.
    • Nobody troubles to keep his word, to carry out literally his undertakings. In my small way I try to set that right by showing them the logical development of their ways. I am, in fact, the sworn enemy of anything approaching sloppiness.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  2. (countable) The result or product of being sloppy.

Forms of sloppiness

pluralsloppinesses

Origin of sloppiness

From sloppy + -ness.

Questions about sloppiness

What does sloppiness mean?
Sloppiness means the property of being sloppy.
What part of speech is sloppiness?
Sloppiness is a noun.
What is the plural of sloppiness?
The plural of sloppiness is sloppinesses.

Words near sloppiness in the dictionary

  1. sloppified
  2. sloppifies
  3. sloppify
  4. sloppifying
  5. sloppily
  6. sloppiness
  7. sloppinesses
  8. slopping
  9. slopping out
  10. sloppings
  11. sloppy

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