noun
1. the quality of not being careful or taking pains
• Syn: ↑carelessness
• Ant: ↑carefulness (for: ↑carelessness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sloppy, ↑careless (for: ↑carelessness)
• Hypernyms: ↑inattentiveness
• Hyponyms: ↑incaution, ↑incautiousness, ↑negligence, ↑neglect, ↑neglectfulness, ↑unconscientiousness
2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way
• Syn: ↑mawkishness, ↑sentimentality, ↑drippiness, ↑mushiness, ↑soupiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sloppy, ↑mushy (for: ↑mushiness), ↑drippy (for: ↑drippiness), ↑sentimental (for: ↑sentimentality), ↑mawkish (for: ↑mawkishness)
• Hypernyms: ↑emotionality, ↑emotionalism
• Hyponyms: ↑corn, ↑schmaltz, ↑shmaltz, ↑schmalz, ↑sentimentalism
3. the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
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the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield
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the water's muddiness made it undrinkable
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the sloppiness of a rainy November day
• Syn: ↑wateriness, ↑muddiness
• Hypernyms: ↑wetness
4. a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
• Syn: ↑slovenliness, ↑unkemptness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unkempt (for: ↑unkemptness), ↑slovenly (for: ↑slovenliness), ↑sloppy
• Hypernyms: ↑untidiness
• Hyponyms: ↑shagginess
Useful english dictionary. 2012.