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
  • Look, the game is about first impressions and making decisions that are sort of uneducated.
    Michael Cuby, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
  • Similar views applied to immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, whom many Americans regarded as poor, uneducated, and inferior.
    Made by History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The provision for credit losses increased to $1.4 million from $246,000, reflecting growth in the loan portfolio and increased substandard loans.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Both Noem and President Trump’s Border czar, Tom Homan, have pinned the blame for immigration enforcement raids being revealed ahead of time and the substandard U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) numbers of arrests on internal leakers.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Slangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slangy. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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