sloppy

Unerringly, they blame a sloppy and careless press or an ignorant public for failing to understand.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Unlike much of the group stage, Sunday’s game was a sloppy, sleepy affair, with South Africa relying on some heroic play from its back line to keep the game even.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

After a sloppy start against Senegal, France exploded into life when Michael Olise was moved into the number 10 position.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

"We went through a stage where we weren't performing at our best. We were a bit sloppy in our play, but we have found a new way to play again," he said.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

The white lunch lady with her hair in a net has a huge gap-toothed smile as she piles sloppy joes and too-cheesy slices of pizza onto plates, along with cartons of milk and browning bananas.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

But if the early results—and my own scrolling habits—are anything to go by, it’s about to get a lot sloppier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

This boosts the formation of the collagen network, but also results in a sloppier, less optimal collagen network.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2024

They couldn’t have been much sloppier on Christmas Day.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

Magnificently refined in his prime, sloppier in his later years.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

Though they didn’t hit the bull’s-eyes, and their shots got sloppier the farther the target, whoever their masters had been, they’d known what they were teaching.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Corrain also admitted to making up "the world's sloppiest chat with a non-existent friend who was supposedly to blame, and sent fake apologies for the actions of said 'friend,' which only made things worse."

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023

Charlotte Towner said of her American bully XL Coco: "She's just the sloppiest, dopiest dog I've ever owned. She's great with other people, her only downside is she gets excited when she sees people."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023

That isn’t the case against bad teams such as the Sharks, Ducks and Blackhawks, whom the Kraken have already defeated 8-5, 5-4 and 8-5 respectively in some of their sloppiest games this season.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Somehow, though, Adon’s erraticness wasn’t the sloppiest part of Thursday’s loss.

From Washington Times ● May 12, 2022

Sam, I noted, never took his eyes off ours, which was unfortunate since it was by far the sloppiest of the lot.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin