scrupulous vs sloppy

scrupulous

adj
  • Having scruples or compunctions. 

  • Wrongly feeling guilt or anxiety about one’s morality; suffering from scrupulosity. 

  • Precise; exact or strict. 

  • Exactly and carefully conducted. 

sloppy

adj
  • Imprecise or loose. 

  • Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful. 

  • Very wet; covered in or composed of slop. 

How often have the words scrupulous and sloppy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )