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slipshod
/ ˈslɪpˌʃɒd /
adjective
- (of an action) negligent; careless
- (of a person's appearance) slovenly; down-at-heel
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Derived Forms
- ˈslipˌshoddiness, noun
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Other Words From
- slipshodness slipshoddi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slipshod1
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Example Sentences
What a shame that a slipshod approach by the Obama administration to such a crucial issue has put it all at risk.
There is no other remedy for careless, slipshod sentence-making so effective as the construction of many periodic sentences.
In the first place, nearly all women's work dealing with feminine subjects is in a special degree disfigured by slipshod writing.
Instead of seeking how to construct a perfect dwelling place, these slipshod builders spent most of their hours in courtship.
They moved along in rather a slipshod way and sounded like soft slippers or feet in stockings.
Too many youths enter upon their business in a languid, half-hearted way, and do their work in a slipshod manner.
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