schleppyadj.
/ˈʃlɛpi/, U.S. /ˈʃlɛpi/ colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).
1. Esp. of a person or his or her clothing or appearance: shabby, scruffy; dowdy, unfashionable, unsophisticated. Later also in neutral or positive sense: informal; casual.The usual sense.
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the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [adjective]
infashionable1640
unfashionable1660
unmodishc1665
unpolite1741
démodé1871
naff1964
switched-off1964
out1966
schleppy1966
dorky1970
dorked-out1974
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > shabby or worn-out
threadbare1362
rusty1602
dowdy1774
dowdyish1818
pokyc1854
hand-me-down1895
daverdy1906
schlumpy1956
schleppy1966
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > shabbily dressed
scoury?a1513
olda1616
shabby1669
dowdy1676
duddy1718
seedy1725
schleppy1966
schlubby1968
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > for specific purpose > informal wear
informal1883
easy-breezy1891
schleppy1966
1966 Time 11 Feb. 56/3 Oldtime Acapulcanians are beginning to regret the passing of the old days. ‘It used to be kind of schleppy,’ explains one expatriate American blonde. ‘Now its getting jetty.’
1971 N.Y. Times 5 Dec. 163/1 A rough indicator of the number of schleppy friends or relatives one has.
1986 Vogue Aug. 156/2 [A sweater vest] tailored to her body, as opposed to some shleppy sweater.
1997 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 12 Sept. 8 t Jeff's Desserts... The name brings to mind some schleppy cookie joint, but step inside and the atmosphere is breathtakingly calm and sophisticated.
2005 A. Bidulka Tapas on Ramblas viii. 120 Sharply dressed businesspeople mixed with schleppy students and housewives.
2016 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 15 Sept. 12 Leo DiCaprio..wore his signature casual newsboy cap and schleppy clothes.
2. Characterized by laborious or tedious movement or progress; sluggish; slow-moving. Cf. schlep v.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome
soreOE
workfulOE
hardOE
torc1175
beswinkfulc1230
heavya1325
sweatyc1374
travailousa1382
laboriousa1393
laborousc1405
winful1443
painfulc1480
toilous1530
operousa1538
drudging1548
travailsome1549
laboursome1551
moilingc1566
toilsome?1570
toilful1573
sweating1592
insudate1609
sweatfula1618
moliminous1656
operose1659
swinking1693
schleppy1978
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1978 L. Kramer Faggots 15 The long line of..drop-outs, unemployeds, actors, students, dancers..whom he..was there to ferry through sleet and shit like the schleppy Saint Bernard.
1995 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 14 May 3 In the religious world, the process of waking up to the spirituality of women has been a fairly shleppy process.
2016 @markburgerenerg 25 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) You don't like taking the schleppy bus that takes 1/2 the day getting to the IRT?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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