Messy/Sloppy
Hi, everyone
My question is for American English speakers. I’d like to know if it sounds odd to use “sloppy” and “messy” to describe people
Examples: ”This repairman we HAD COME OUT yesterday was too sloppy. He made such a mess just to do such an easy job!”
“My kids/roommates are too messy! They are always getting dirt all over the place, dirtying a lot of dishes and glasses and making a huge mess of my things.”
Do these sentences sound odd?
Thank you very very much!
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Sloppy is slightly different from messy. If you do a sloppy job, it means that the job was not done carefully, or completely or neatly. "The painter I hired to pain my house did a sloppy job. There was paint left on the windows."
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They sound fine to me, it's the right context
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