Hyphenation of sloppy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sloppy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

slop-py

Definitions of sloppy:

1.	Lacking neatness or order A sloppy room Sloppy habits
2.	Wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material A sloppy floor A sloppy saucer
3.	(of soil) soft and watery The ground was boggy under foot A marshy coastline Miry roads Wet mucky lowland Muddy barnyard Quaggy terrain The sloughy edge of the pond Swampy bayous
4.	Not fitting closely Hanging loosely Baggy trousers A loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
5.	Excessively or abnormally emotional
6.	Marked by great carelessness A most haphazard system of record keeping Slapdash work Slipshod spelling Sloppy workmanship

Synonyms of sloppy:

adj	untidy
adj	haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, careless

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.