sloppy
Example Sentences
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They are there without ever really convincing - here they were sloppy in the field when restricting Pakistan to 164-9 - but are the first team to secure their spot in the last four.
From BBC
Arsenal's lead lasted just two minutes as they conceded an equally sloppy goal.
From Barron's
The U.S. was sloppy with the puck and struggled to keep possession in the offensive zone.
As Jackson’s media prominence grew — including a cover photo on Time magazine in 1970 — tensions erupted between Jackson and SCLC, in part because of the sloppy bookkeeping that became a Jackson characteristic.
From Los Angeles Times
Unfortunately, sloppy handling of details is one of two chief weaknesses besetting “The Epic History of Macaroni and Cheese.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
