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Recent Examples of slatternly
John Phillips,
Car and Driver,
9 Jan. 2023
An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes.
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Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2018
Adjective
This diorama includes a brawny male wax figure wearing Pampers who is stretched in agony on a rack, alongside a slatternly brunette with a suggestively slit skirt who is being flogged.
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John Phillips,
Car and Driver,
9 Jan. 2023
An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes.
—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slatternly
Adjective
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And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.
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To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
Adverb
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After one match against Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 2021, when City had won 1-0 but had played sloppily in the final minutes, Guardiola bellowed at the subs and youth teamers who had not actually contributed.
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Miss Manners is at least relieved that your family’s transgressions are limited to eating sloppily, which doesn’t harm others.
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Lenker, in plaid, rubs her eyes; James Krivchenia leans forward, sparky and alert; Meek, outdoors in the Topanga sunshine, wears cycling glasses and a frowzy hat.
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Before the current renovation of the franchised hotels, the rooms looked as if they were stuck in a fussy, frowsy 1980s floral rut.
Adjective
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Margera tried to soothe the pain by submerging his fresh brand in a tub of filthy farm water, which resulted in a life-threatening staph infection that landed him in the hospital.
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Outside the Lineage warehouse Thursday morning, the smell of heavy smoke was already being replaced with that of spoiling food and filthy water.
Adjective
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Like sparks igniting, the result is a piece that feels alive with energy rather than a dowdy relic of the past.
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Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic.
Adjective
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The short, brittle, uncombed hair under her hat gave her crow’s wings on either side of her face.
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After noting that people have made negative comments about her makeup-free face, the Grammy Award-winning rapper recorded a video fresh off the wake up, showing off her hyperpigmentation, uncombed hair, and all.
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Two years later, Swift pushed the bounds of her beauty yet again, pairing a white, deep V-cut gown with a shaggy bob.
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In most respects the man was unremarkable, just another shaggy head of hair in a sea of skater-boy business casual.
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Almost the entire population of Gaza, more than 2 million people, has been squeezed into vast, squalid tent cities dependent on international aid.
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Almost the entire population of Gaza, more than 2 million people, has been squeezed into vast, squalid tent cities dependent on international aid.
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“Slatternly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slatternly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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