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Recent Examples of slatternly
John Phillips,
Car and Driver,
9 Jan. 2023
An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes.
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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.
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Armond White,
National Review,
18 Aug. 2017
Adjective
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.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slatternly
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And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.
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To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
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After one match against Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 2021, when City had won 1-0 but had played sloppily in the final minutes, Guardiola bellowed at the subs and youth teamers who had not actually contributed.
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Miss Manners is at least relieved that your family’s transgressions are limited to eating sloppily, which doesn’t harm others.
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Lenker, in plaid, rubs her eyes; James Krivchenia leans forward, sparky and alert; Meek, outdoors in the Topanga sunshine, wears cycling glasses and a frowzy hat.
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Before the current renovation of the franchised hotels, the rooms looked as if they were stuck in a fussy, frowsy 1980s floral rut.
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And a great bench of freelancers is making this all-American game feel dramatic, approachable, and exciting—even to filthy casuals.
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But, the freedom loving sane people of this great country came to Karoline's defense to show support, destroy the filthy LIBS and celebrate the greatest press secretary this country has ever employed.
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Like sparks igniting, the result is a piece that feels alive with energy rather than a dowdy relic of the past.
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Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic.
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The short, brittle, uncombed hair under her hat gave her crow’s wings on either side of her face.
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After noting that people have made negative comments about her makeup-free face, the Grammy Award-winning rapper recorded a video fresh off the wake up, showing off her hyperpigmentation, uncombed hair, and all.
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When Jon Brion would perform at Largo in Los Angeles, the enthrallment of his show entailed watching the shaggy-haired guy play myriad instruments, sampling and looping them into a climactic song.
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That charming and shaggy approach is fitting for such a campy and irreverent comedy, ultimately substituting polish for an equal mixture of artistic grit and careless joy.
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Almost the entire population of Gaza, more than 2 million people, has been squeezed into vast, squalid tent cities dependent on international aid.
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Almost the entire population of Gaza, more than 2 million people, has been squeezed into vast, squalid tent cities dependent on international aid.
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“Slatternly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slatternly. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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