slovenly.

Untidy or poorly ordered through a lack of care.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• slovenly dress
• slovenly work

On the page

Slovenly work at the binding left several pages ready to detach.

His slovenly dress offended the host more than his arrival without an invitation.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more slovenly; superlative most slovenly where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.