slovenly

Example Sentences

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Plus, as sleepwear styles become more fashionable, it’s hard to think of them as strictly for the slovenly set.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

In that instance, the public were given the chance to choose the overall winner, opting for the term describing "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly or greedy" behaviour.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

He was a favorite punching bag of the mainstream media, a slovenly suburban Ahab doomed to fail.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

His personality is corrosive and his appearance both slovenly and increasingly disheveled.

From Salon • May 9, 2024

When driven with his mates to the new owners’ camp, Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed, everything in disorder; also, he saw a woman.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London