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
Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
In this era of slovenly journalism and educational malpractice, National Review Institute’s devotion to authentic history, reasoned debate, and insightful commentary is invaluable.
—Peter J. Travers, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023
Keith Richards’ and Ron Wood’s guitars are crisp and uncluttered, with most of the slovenly strumming of the past banished.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
Trump’s bizarre and slovenly behavior with classified material was a disgrace.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
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Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
In this era of slovenly journalism and educational malpractice, National Review Institute’s devotion to authentic history, reasoned debate, and insightful commentary is invaluable.
—Peter J. Travers, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023
Keith Richards’ and Ron Wood’s guitars are crisp and uncluttered, with most of the slovenly strumming of the past banished.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
Trump’s bizarre and slovenly behavior with classified material was a disgrace.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slovenly
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The word out of Arizona is that Kingsbury’s Cardinals teams were too often sloppy and undisciplined and that his full-team leadership skills and oversight have been lacking.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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His footwork seemed sloppy and his eyes often waffled from one side of the field to the other and back.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Continue on with Banana Republic’s shaggy knit cardigan, a pair of knee-high boots from Jeffrey Campbell, and finally, H&M’s leopard-print ’90s bag.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2025
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And there's an endearingly shaggy side to this film, all the more shocking given its then-record cost.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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Most wine lovers know that the word Sauvignon comes from the French word sauvage and the word blanc simply means white, but most people don’t know the reason is because when untrained vines of the variety have a distinctly unkempt appearance.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2024
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But, as in these United States, the key question remains whether creeping totalitarianism — from the left and the right — will squeeze everyday people out of their inalienable right to just be their sometimes obnoxious, unkempt, idiosyncratic selves.—
Ed Wallace,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2024
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Without easy access, harder to reach shelves can get overlooked (and become untidy).—
Jordan Goldberg,
Architectural Digest,
3 Jan. 2025
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The incongruity between Buckley’s lapidary political views and his untidy appearance was simply too much for the letter writer to square.—
Andrew Ferguson,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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The couple split in 2023 with the dispute expanding over the following year into a messy and public ordeal.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Biology is complex and messy, and often defies easy categorization.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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