slatternly
adjective uk/ˈslæt.ən.li/ us/ˈslæt̬.ɚn.li/
old use disapproving(尤指女人)邋遢的
dirty and untidy; used especially about women
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。
See: slattern
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- 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.