Shoddy

/ˈʃɑ.di/

Synonyms for "shoddy" (397 found)

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Closest matches (80)

abject abominable affected apocryphal arrant artificial assumed atrocious awful base bastard beastlybeat upbeat-up bedraggled beggarlybeneath contemptblameworthy blowzy bogus

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Adjective(19 words)

basest botchy carelesscheap goodscheap materialscheapjack chintzier chintziest crappiest cruddier cruddiest cruddy crufty crumby crummiest defectivedefective merchandisedefective under specdinkiest

Noun(5 words)

bootleg bum carpetbag catchpenny cheapskate

Verb(2 words)

botched bullshitted

Strong matches (119)

dirty discreditable disgraceful disgusting dishonorable disreputable distorted dowdydown at the heeldown-at-heeldown-at-the-heelsdrabbletailed draggled draggletailed dreadfuldressed updummy dust easy economic

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economical economy egregious embellished embroidered enormous ersatz execrable fabric factitious fake faked fakement falsified feeble feigned fetid fictitious fictive filthy flagrant forgery foulframe upframe-up fraud frayed frazzled frowzy frugal frumpish frumpyfull of holesfulsome garbled gaudy gimcrackygood-for-naughtgood-for-nothinggrave grievous gross grubby hateful heinous hoax holey horrible horrid ignominious illegitimate imitation impostorin ragsin shredsin tattersinexpensive infamous inferior informal inglorious junk junky lamentable litter little loathsome loose lousy lowlow downlow pricedlow-down low-priced lumber lumpenmake believemake-believe makeshiftman mademan-made manageable mangy mean measly

Adjective(9 words)

dirty godforsaken hokeyinferior goodsjunkier junkiestlow grade merchandiselow qualitylow-grade

Noun(3 words)

duff fleabag gimcrack

Verb(2 words)

goldbricked kluged

Related words (198)

meretricious messy miserable mock moderate modest monstrous mussy nasty nefarious negligent ngno accountno goodno-account no-good noisome nominalnot worth havingnot worth mentioning

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not worthwhilenotorious nugacious nugatory nylon obnoxious odious offensive ornery outrageous paltry paste patchy pathetic perverted petty phony pinchbeck pitiable pitiful plastic poky poor pretended pseudoput onput up jobput-onput-up jobquasi queer raff ragged raggedy rank ratty reasonable regrettable reprehensible reptilian repulsive riffraffrip offrip-off rotten rubbish rubbishy rubble ruinous run-down sad scabby scandalous schlock scraggly scrap scrubby scruffy scummy scurvy scuzzy second-rate seedy self-styled sensible shabby shady sham shameful shocking simulacrum simulated slack slatternly sleazy slipshod sloppy slovenly sluttish smallso calledso-called soi-disant sordid sorry spurious squalid supposititious swindle synthetic tacky tattered tatty tawdry terrible tin tinny tinsel tinselly titivated tokentoo badtorn trash trashy trivial truck trumpery twistedtwo-for-a-centtwo-for-a-pennytwopenny twopenny-halfpenny unauthentic unclean unexpensive ungenuine unkempt unmentionable unnatural unneat unprofessional unreal unrespectable unsightly untidy valueless vile villainous warpedwhited sepulcherwithin meanswoeful worstworth the moneyworthless wretched

Adjective(28 words)

negligent ninepenny noncompliant nonconforming paltriest pantsierpoor qualitypoorly executedpunkest raggediest ropey scrappier scrubbiest scummiest scuzziest seediest sixpenny slapdash sleaziest sloppy

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sloppy techniquesordid substandardsubstandard merchandisetawdry tinpot trashier trashiest

Noun(10 words)

nonprofessional pinchepoor craftsmanshippunk rattletrap rotgut rubbishing shit shlock wack

Adverb(1 words)

poorly

Verb(1 words)

scuffed

Adjective(1 words)

slim

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

evaluation termgoods merchandise nonconformancepoor executionproductsquality deficiencyquality descriptorquality noncompliancewool

More specific

15 entries

crude fabricationdefective assemblydefective componentdefective merchandisefactory secondsfaulty equipmentfaulty installationimproper assemblyinadequate QAlow-grade materialsnoncompliant materialnonconforming goodsnonconforming productpoor finishunreliable fix

Collocations

10 entries

crude fabricationdefective componentslow-grade materialspoor finishshoddy fabricshoddy goodsshoddy manufacturingshoddy materialsshoddy workmanshipsubstandard workmanship

Inflections

3 entries

shoddier shoddies shoddiest

Derivations

2 entries

shoddily shoddiness

similar

2 entries

corrupt inferior

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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His book is riddled with shoddy research.

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If you call now and order immediately, you'll get double our shoddy rubbish for the same price!

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Tom does shoddy work.

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This work is shoddy.

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