1. (

• wateriness ,
• muddiness ,
• sloppiness ,

) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day" ;

2. (

• sloppiness ,
• slovenliness ,
• unkemptness

) a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for ;

3. (

• carelessness ,
• sloppiness

) the quality of not being careful or taking pains ;

4. (

• mawkishness ,
• sentimentality ,
• drippiness ,
• mushiness ,
• soupiness ,
• sloppiness ,

) falsely emotional in a maudlin way ;