slovenliness

Other forms of slovenliness

plural

slovenlinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slovenliness

What does slovenliness mean?

slovenliness means "a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slovenliness?

slovenliness has 4 syllables: slov-en-li-ness. The stress falls on "slov". In IPA it is /ˈslʌvənlinəs/.

What is another word for slovenliness?

Close synonyms include sloppiness, unkemptness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slovenliness a common word?

slovenliness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.