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Another word for slovenly

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Adjective

  1. Marked by an absence of cleanliness and order

    See also:

    order

  2. Indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness

    See also:

    careful

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Another word for slovenly

Modifier
  1. See also:

    careless

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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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