Dowdy
Dowdy adjective - Lacking neatness in dress or person.
Usage example: a dowdy old matron
Slobbish
Slobbish adjective - Lacking neatness in dress or person.
Usage example: the memoir portrays her father as a slobbish lout who was a constant embarrassment to her fastidious mother
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