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Slovenly synonyms

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untidy
Disorderly and unorganized:
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  1. Disorderly and unorganized:
  2. Not tidy; not neat or in good order; slovenly; messy
  3. Not neat and tidy; sloppy.
slipshod
Carelessly done or arranged:
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  1. Carelessly done or arranged:
  2. Careless, as in appearance or workmanship
  3. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
frowzy
(Rare) Bad-smelling; musty
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  1. (Rare) Bad-smelling; musty
  2. Having an unpleasant smell; musty.
  3. Dirty and untidy; slovenly; unkempt
disheveled
Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
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  1. Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
  2. Disarranged and untidy; tousled; rumpled
  3. Untidy or unkempt; messy
messy
Disorderly and dirty:
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  1. Disorderly and dirty:
  2. In, like, or characterized by a mess; untidy, disordered, dirty, etc.
  3. Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness:
mussy
(Informal) Messy; disordered, untidy, rumpled, etc.
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  1. (Informal) Messy; disordered, untidy, rumpled, etc.
  2. Having been mussed, messy, rumpled.
slipshod
(Archaic) Wearing shoes with the heel worn down.
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  1. (Archaic) Wearing shoes with the heel worn down.
  2. Careless, as in appearance or workmanship
  3. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
sloppy
Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
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  1. Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
  2. Imprecise or loose.
  3. Watery and unappetizing:
unkempt
Not combed:
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  1. Not combed:
  2. Tangled, disheveled, etc., as if from not having been combed
  3. Not tidy or neat; messy
untidy
Disorderly and unorganized:
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  1. Disorderly and unorganized:
  2. Not tidy; not neat or in good order; slovenly; messy
  3. Not neat and tidy; sloppy.
careless
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16th c.]
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  1. Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16th c.]
  2. Marked by or resulting from lack of forethought or thoroughness:
  3. Done or made without enough attention, precision, etc.; not painstaking or thorough
messy
Disorderly and dirty:
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  1. Disorderly and dirty:
  2. In, like, or characterized by a mess; untidy, disordered, dirty, etc.
  3. Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness:
slapdash
Hasty and careless, as in execution:
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  1. Hasty and careless, as in execution:
  2. Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
  3. Hasty, careless, impetuous, etc.
slipshod
Careless, as in appearance or workmanship
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  1. Careless, as in appearance or workmanship
  2. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
  3. Careless or negligent:
sloppy
Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention:
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  1. Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention:
  2. Watery and unappetizing:
  3. Careless; slipshod
untidy
Disorderly and unorganized:
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  1. Disorderly and unorganized:
  2. Not tidy; not neat or in good order; slovenly; messy
  3. Not neat and tidy; sloppy.
Find another word for slovenly. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slovenly, like: untidy, slipshod, frowzy, careless, disheveled, messy, mussy, slipshod, sloppy, unkempt and untidy.

Sentence Examples

  • The same cause may account for the somewhat slovenly Syriac style.

  • The Pathan, however, is a slovenly cultivator and slow to adopt any new methods which involve increased effort.

  • On the other hand, the rhyme is regularly maintained; although, especially in the later pieces, after a very slovenly fashion.

  • At his death in 1786 he was succeeded by his son Charles, the notorious "Jockey of Norfolk," the big, coarse, generous, slovenly, hard-drinking Whig of whom all the memoirwriters of his age have their anecdotes.

  • Large districts still clung to the old common-field system, to the old habits of ploughing with teams of four or eight, and to slovenly methods of cultivation.

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