SLOVENLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slovenliness mean? 

• SLOVENLINESS (noun)
  The noun SLOVENLINESS has 2 senses:

1. a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for

2. habitual uncleanliness

  Familiarity information: SLOVENLINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOVENLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

sloppiness; slovenliness; unkemptness

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)

Sense 2

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)