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slipshod

[ slip-shod ]

adjective

  1. careless, untidy, or slovenly:

    slipshod work.

    Synonyms: messy, lax, sloppy, loose

  2. down-at-heel; seedy; shabby.
  3. Archaic. wearing slippers or loose shoes, especially ones worn at the heel.


slipshod

/ ˈslɪpˌʃɒd /

adjective

  1. (of an action) negligent; careless
  2. (of a person's appearance) slovenly; down-at-heel


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Derived Forms

  • ˈslipˌshoddiness, noun

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Other Words From

  • slipshodness slipshoddi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slipshod1

First recorded in 1570–80; slip 1 + shod

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slipshod1

C16: from slip 1+ shod

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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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