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slatternly
adjective
uk /ˈslæt.ən.li/ us /ˈslæt̬.ɚn.li/
old usedisapproving
dirty and untidy; used especially about women: （尤指女人）邋遢的
His slatternly wife lies around most of the day reading romances.他邋里邋遢的老婆大部分时间都躺在那里看浪漫小说。
His wife is too slatternly to sweep the place in which they live.他的妻子太邋遢了，连他们住的地方都不愿意打扫。
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slattern
I slump in front of the TV in my attempt to become the world's most slatternly couch potato.
He lived in a slatternly apartment with two other graduate students.
I am slatternly; I seldom put, and never keep, things in order; I am careless; I forget rules.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dirty & untidy
all over the placeidiom
Augean
besmeared
bespattered
bloodied
look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom
look like/as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwardsidiom
manky
messily
messy
sluttish
sluttishly
soiled
sordid
sordidly
unsterilized
untidily
untidy
untrimmed
unwashed
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