sloppy
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An independent auditor this summer called the city out for sloppy bookkeeping and noted that it had spent more than what was planned for in previous budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Milos Kerkez: A poor display from the Liverpool left-back and was sloppy in possession.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
If a claim is substantiated, the plagiarist is seen as sloppy or lazy at best, and fundamentally dishonest at worst.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The movie can sometimes feel purposefully sloppy but somehow it’s never slapdash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And he kept swallowing, trying to gag down a whack of big sloppy emotions.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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
Dr. Asleson said Bache had started out neatly rendering each name, but his writing became sloppier over time.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
The more Tom Bolles bellowed at them through his megaphone, the sloppier they seemed to get.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
But Biskind can also get sloppy, and “Pandora’s Box” finds him at his sloppiest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 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
I mostly filled mine with song lyrics, copied in my biggest, sloppiest handwriting.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
