SLOVENLINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)