slovenly

English

WOTD – 17 April 2016

Etymology

sloven +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslʌv.ən.li/
• IPA^(key): /ˈslʊv.ən.li/, /ˈslɒv.ən.li/
• Hyphenation: slo‧ven‧ly

Adjective

slovenly (comparative slovenlier, superlative slovenliest)

1. Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
2. Dirty, unwashed; disorderly.
3. Careless or negligent; sloppy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Derived terms

• slovenliness

Translations

having an untidy appearance; unkempt

• Dutch: slordig (nl), onverzorgd (nl)
• Estonian: lohe, hoolitsemata
• Finnish: hoitamaton (fi), sotkuinen (fi), epäsiisti (fi)
• French: négligé (fr) m, dépeigné (fr) m
• German: schluderig
• Hausa: kucaki
• Italian: sciatto (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: netīrīgs
• Macedonian: неу́реден m (neúreden), ра́спашан m (ráspašan), за́пустен m (zápusten)
• Maori: taruweka, hakirara, hakurara
• Portuguese: mulambento m, muxibento m
• Russian: неря́шливый (ru) (nerjášlivyj), неопря́тный (ru) (neoprjátnyj)
• Spanish: dejado (es)
• Swedish: sjabbig (sv)

dirty, unwashed; disorderly

• Dutch: vuil (nl), slordig (nl)
• Finnish: sotkuinen (fi)
• French: sale (fr) m or f
• Italian: sudicio (it) m, sporco (it) m
• Latvian: netīrīgs
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: не́чист m (néčist), гна́сен m (gnásen), неу́реден m (neúreden)
• Portuguese: porco (pt)
• Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj)
• Swedish: smutsig (sv), lortig (sv)

careless or negligent; sloppy

• Dutch: slordig (nl)
• Finnish: suruton
• French: négligé (fr) m, bâclé (fr) m
• German: schluderig, nachlässig (de), schlampig (de)
• Irish: leibideach
• Italian: trascurato (it)
• Macedonian: запустен m (zapusten)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: hakuhakutai, hakirara, hakurara, tāheha, taruweka
• Portuguese: descuidado (pt)
• Russian: неаккура́тный (ru) (neakkurátnyj), небре́жный (ru) (nebréžnyj)
• Spanish: descuidado (es)
• Swedish: slarvig (sv), hafsig
• Westrobothnian:

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} небрежен (bg) (nebrežen), ^{(please verify)} немърлив (nemǎrliv)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} sucio (es)

Adverb

slovenly (comparative more slovenly, superlative most slovenly)

1. In a slovenly manner.