slatternly
adjective
slat·tern·ly
ˈsla-tərn-lē 
1
disapproving
: untidy and dirty through habitual neglect
… fifty unpainted and slatternly dwellings all fronting onto muddy roads.—
David Guterson
David Guterson
also
: careless, disorderly
I am … slatternly; I seldom put, and never keep things in order; I am careless … —Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë 2
a
: of, relating to, or characteristic of someone who is sexually promiscuous
b
: of, relating to, or characteristic of someone who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay
slatternliness
noun
Examples of slatternly in a Sentence
the biography portrays the poet as a debauched scoundrel whose companions were slatternly women and not the chaste maids he celebrated in his lyrics
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This diorama includes a brawny male wax figure wearing Pampers who is stretched in agony on a rack, alongside a slatternly brunette with a suggestively slit skirt who is being flogged.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
By sticking to Patti’s second-best status, and the deferred dreams of her slatternly mother, Barb (Bridget Everett), and her widowed, infirm grandmother, Nana (Cathy Moriarty), Jasper shows his condescension toward their toughness.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
The one who took best actress was Marie Mullen, who portrayed Maureen, a 40-year-old virgin shackled to her imperious, housebound mother, Mag (the splendidly slatternly Anna Manahan).
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017
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John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
By sticking to Patti’s second-best status, and the deferred dreams of her slatternly mother, Barb (Bridget Everett), and her widowed, infirm grandmother, Nana (Cathy Moriarty), Jasper shows his condescension toward their toughness.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
The one who took best actress was Marie Mullen, who portrayed Maureen, a 40-year-old virgin shackled to her imperious, housebound mother, Mag (the splendidly slatternly Anna Manahan).
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017
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“Slatternly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slatternly. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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