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schleppy

schleppy adjective: slovenly; sloppy.

Adjective

schleppy (comparative more schleppy, superlative most schleppy)

  1. (informal) slovenly; sloppy
    • Maybe we’ll playfully smack-talk a fellow friend, or commiserate about some schleppy aspect of parenthood.2025 May 25, Sam Graham-Felsen, “Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 May 2025

Forms of schleppy

comparativemore schleppy
superlativemost schleppy
alternative formshleppy

Origin of schleppy

From schlep + -y.

Questions about schleppy

What does schleppy mean?
Schleppy means slovenly; sloppy.
What part of speech is schleppy?
Schleppy is an adjective.

Words near schleppy in the dictionary

  1. schlepped
  2. schlepper
  3. schleppers
  4. schlepping
  5. schlepps
  6. schleppy
  7. schleps
  8. schlerochronological
  9. schlerophyll
  10. schlerophyllous
  11. schlerophylous

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