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How to pronounce slovenliness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sloppiness, unkemptness
Type of untidiness
Has types shagginess
Derivation slovenly
Type Words
Type of uncleanliness
Has types slatternliness, sluttishness
Derivation slovenly

Examples of slovenliness

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Two weeks in a bunker away from your homeland was no excuse for slovenliness.
From the businessweek.com
This was blind faith allied to slovenliness in the application of technology.
From the newscientist.com
The sense of middle class angst and entitlement would ruin the atmosphere of slovenliness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Maybe it takes a few weeks of super-slovenliness to rediscover the well-groomed inner me.
From the smh.com.au
The general opinion is that of slovenliness, or unkemptness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Arriving at work without having showered may be seen as a sign of unprofessionalism or slovenliness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's traditionally been the last week of slovenliness before we head back to school, sixth form and now university.
From the independent.co.uk
He bore a slight resemblance to my son, curly-haired, with the same calculated slovenliness in dress, his backpack half-open.
From the nytimes.com
They are also the best hope for curing the local apathy, corruption and slovenliness that make a mockery of self-government in so many localities.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Sloppiness: a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
  • Habitual uncleanliness
  • (slovenly) frowsy: negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance"
  • In graphonomics, sloppiness space is a term introduced by Goldberg and Richardson to describe the shape space of all graph (handwriting) around an idealized allograph. ...
  • (Slovenly) Hygiene refers to the set of practices associated with the preservation of health and healthy living.
  • The state or quality of being slovenly; The result or product of being slovenly
  • (slovenly) Having an untidy appearance; unkempt; Careless or negligent; sloppy; Unwashed, dirty, disorderly
  • (slovenly) untidy, dirty, careless