slangy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slangy
Adjective
  • And in general, the A.I. bots were useful for sharpening prose and cleaning up clunky, ungrammatical sentences.
    Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.
    Tom Simonite, Wired, 18 Oct. 2020
Adjective
  • So Americans who don't travel, who 80 percent don't have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivete.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • So, Americans who don’t travel, who 80 percent don’t have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naïveté.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Independence is expanding its apartment inspection program, called Rental Ready, after buildings that had passed city inspections under the old guidelines gained publicity for substandard and dangerous living conditions.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The station had been renovated twice in recent years under a partnership between Serbia and Chinese companies, raising allegations of corruption and substandard construction practices.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Slangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slangy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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