JLPT N2 · い-adjective

だらしない (darashinai)

だらしない is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: だらしない
Romaji: darashinai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; undisciplined; careless · い-adjective
weak; feeble; weak-willed; cowardly; gutless · い-adjective

Example sentences

それ以来彼はだらしない生活をしてきた。

He has led a loose life since then.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of だらしない

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	だらしない	だらしない darashinai
Negative	だらしなくない	だらしなくない darashinakunai
Past	だらしなかった	だらしなかった darashinakatta
Negative past	だらしなくなかった	だらしなくなかった darashinakunakatta
Te-form	だらしなくて	だらしなくて darashinakute
Adverb (~ku)	だらしなく	だらしなく darashinaku
Conditional (~ba)	だらしなければ	だらしなければ darashinakereba

Source: JMdict entry 1007500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.