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slap·dash

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–adverb

1.	in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.

–adjective

2.	hasty and careless; offhand: a slapdash answer.

[Origin: 1670–80; slap¹ (adv.) + dash¹

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slap·dash Audio Help   (slāp'dāsh') Pronunciation Key
adj.   Hasty and careless, as in execution: slapdash work.

adv.   In a reckless haphazard manner.

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slapdash
adjective
1.	marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" [syn: haphazard]
adverb
1.	in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"
2.	directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang]

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ˌslapˈdash adjective

careless and hurried
Example: He does everything in such a slapdash manner.

Arabic:	بِتَهاوُن وعَدَم إكْتِراث
Chinese (Simplified):	卤莽的
Chinese (Traditional):	鹵莽的
Czech:	lajdácký
Danish:	sjusket
Dutch:	nonchalant
Estonian:	tormakas
Finnish:	huolimaton
French:	négligent
German:	Hals über Kopf
Greek:	πρόχειρος, βιαστικός, απρόσεκτος
Hungarian:	összevissza
Icelandic:	fljótfærnislegur
Indonesian:	sembrono
Italian:	trasandato; frettoloso

Japanese:	向こう見ずな
Korean:	되는 대로의, 날림의
Latvian:	paviršs; sasteigts
Lithuanian:	daromas priešokiais, *kaip pakliūva
Norwegian:	hastverks-, slurvet
Polish:	niedbały
Portuguese (Brazil):	desleixado
Portuguese (Portugal):	desleixado
Romanian:	neglijent
Russian:	неряшливый, поспешный
Slovak:	ledabolý, nedbanlivý
Slovenian:	površen
Spanish:	descuidado
Swedish:	hafsig, vårdslös
Turkish:	alelacele, uyduruk