Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

sloppy

Portuguese translation:

desleixado/a

Added to glossary by Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Sep 6, 2010 14:16
13 yrs ago
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English term

sloppy

English to Portuguese Tech/Engineering Human Resources
“You are not helpful with this.”
This piece of work is sloppy.”
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Carlos Quandt

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Discussion

Carlos Quandt Sep 6, 2010:
look it up messy; not neat, elegant, or careful; imprecise or loose
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloppy
haphazard: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Proposed translations

+4
22 mins
Selected

desleixado

Peer comment(s):

agree Walter Moura
30 mins
Obg
agree Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
1 hr
Obg
agree Ingrid Levy
2 hrs
Obg
agree cristinamarinho
3 hrs
Obg
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muito grata T."
+3
2 mins

malfeito

Pro??
Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
1 min
thanks, Marlene
agree Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
3 mins
thanks, Fernando
agree Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
1 hr
thanks, guys
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4 mins

medíocre

Mais uma sugestão.
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6 mins

capciosa, confusa

:)
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