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SLOVENLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Habitual uncleanliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slovenliness" is a kind of...):
uncleanliness (lack of cleanly habits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slovenliness"):
slatternliness; sluttishness (in the manner of a slattern)
Derivation:
slovenly (negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
Synonyms:
sloppiness; slovenliness; unkemptness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("slovenliness" is a kind of...):
untidiness (the condition of being untidy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slovenliness"):
shagginess (unkemptness of hair)
Derivation:
slovenly (negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt)
