as in sloppy
lacking neatness in dress or person
for the sake of their image, the band members transformed themselves from clean-cut lads to slovenly rockers
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as in sloppily
in a careless or unfashionable manner
an employee who went overboard on dress-down day and was reprimanded for dressing slovenly on the job
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Recent Examples of slovenly
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
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Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
It’s cropped with puffy sleeves that land at or above the wrist instead of hanging slovenly over your hands.
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Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slovenly
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England looked disjointed and sloppy for much of the first half, while Congo was bright and creative with the ball and held England at bay defensively.
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The regulars were middle-aged men who routinely drank five or six cocktails after work and were only rarely sloppy.
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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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Participants with wet but non-wrinkled fingers required significantly more force to maintain the same hold; their hands were working harder to do less.
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Yellowing leaves can indicate overwatering, while wrinkled leaves can point to underwatering.
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And flying chaotically around the room was a small bat.
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Not in the pejorative, party girl sense, but in a cool, chaotically chic way.
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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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The historic property has been vacant and unkempt since 2015.
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Keep It Clean An unkempt shower curtain can make your bathroom appear dingy.
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Weeds And Neglected Maintenance Nothing makes a garden look untidy faster than weeds.
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In the living room, a pilot rearranges an untidy study desk.
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Interviews for the statewide candidates are done now via questions from the entire convention, a potentially messier proposition.
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More vehicles on the road means more potential for complex, multi-vehicle collisions and messier disputes over who caused what.
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“Slovenly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slovenly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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