slipshod
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adjective
1.
careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
2.
down-at-heel; seedy; shabby.
3.
Archaic. wearing slippers or loose shoes, especially ones worn at the heel.
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slipshod (ˈslɪpˌʃɒd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of an action) negligent; careless |
| 2. | (of a person's appearance) slovenly; down-at-heel |
| [C16: from | |
| 'slipshoddiness | |
| —n | |
| 'slipshodness | |
| —n | |
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Slipshod
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Word Origin & History
slipshod
1580, "wearing slippers or loose shoes," from slip (v.) + shod "wearing shoes." Sense of "slovenly, careless" is from 1815.
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Example sentences
And that desire to believe supersedes the slipshod nature of the fabrication.
Police departments' own internal investigations are secretive or slipshod.
Even more alarming were the slipshod industrial practices and lax regulatory oversight that allowed it to happen.
The little-noted measure suddenly gained attention amid questions about some big lenders' slipshod bookkeeping.
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