1
: a slovenly or boorish person
2
: an ordinary person
just some poor slob
Examples of slob in a Sentence
Some poor slob got robbed.
a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers
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Orphaned Michelle has become a ward of the state, forced to live with Ted (Jason Alexander), an exploitative slob who sits around watching Vegas showgirls through his neurocaster while his bot version argues with the rebellious teen.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
My daughter is a slob and refuses to respect my pleas to keep her room and her bathroom (which is also our guest bathroom) clean and tidy.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s a lot of resentment there, mostly from Kyle’s side, who still has an inferiority complex from the days of being the slob to Adam’s TV hunk, despite having ascended beyond his onetime screen partner on the comic-book movie ladder.
—Jack King, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Figuring out what to wear on a plane to stay comfortable without looking like a total slob can be tricky.
—Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
My daughter is a slob and refuses to respect my pleas to keep her room and her bathroom (which is also our guest bathroom) clean and tidy.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s a lot of resentment there, mostly from Kyle’s side, who still has an inferiority complex from the days of being the slob to Adam’s TV hunk, despite having ascended beyond his onetime screen partner on the comic-book movie ladder.
—Jack King, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Figuring out what to wear on a plane to stay comfortable without looking like a total slob can be tricky.
—Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slob. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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