They did a slapdash job because they had so little time.
Source: tatoeba (8979605)
Slapdash
//ˈslæpdæʃ//
Synonyms for "slapdash" (169 found)
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Strong matches (51)
disregardfullyexpeditiousexpeditiouslyfestinatefeverishfeverishlyflyingforgetfullyfuriousfuriouslyhand over fisthaphazardlyhappen what mayharum scarumharum-scarumhastilyhastyhead over heelsheadfirstheadforemost
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headlongheedlesslyheels over headhelter skelterhelter-skelterhit and misshit or misshit-or-missholus bolusholus-bolushotfoothotheadedhotheadedlyhurriedhurriedlyhurry scurryhurry-scurryimmediateimmediatelyimpetuousimpetuouslyin passinginattentivelyinconsideratelyindiscriminateinstantinstantlyirregular
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(2 words)
Related words (84)
last minutelast-minutelike crazylike madlooseloose endsmadmadlymakeshiftmessilymessinessmessyoffhandoffhandedlyon the runon the spotonce over lightlyovereagerovereagerlyoverenthusiastic
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overenthusiasticallyoverzealousoverzealouslypassingpell mellpell-mellperfunctorilyprecipitantprecipitantlyprecipitateprecipitatelyprecipitousprecipitouslypromiscuouspromiscuouslypromptpromptlyquickquicklyramble-scramblerecklessrecklesslyregardlesslyslam bangslam-bangslap-bangsloppilysloppyslovenlysnapspeedilyspeedyspotsuperficialsuperficiallyswiftswiftlytactlesslythoughtlesslyunguardedlyunheedfullyunheedinglyunmindfullyunsolicitouslyunthinkinglyunthoroughuntidyunvigilantlyunwarilyurgentwantonwantonlywildwildlywith a rushwith all hastewith dispatchwith haste
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
57 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- прибързан adj (done hastily)
- небрежно adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
- прибързано adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Catalan
2 entries- barroer adj (done hastily)
- barroerament adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Danish
2 entries- forhastet adj (done hastily)
- jasket adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Dutch
3 entries- gehaast adj (done hastily)
- haastig adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
- nonchalant adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- fuŝa adj (done hastily)
Finnish
2 entries- hutiloitu adj (done hastily)
- juosten kustu adj (done hastily)
French
1 entries- bâclé adj (done hastily)
German
4 entries- blindlings adj (done hastily)
- flüchtig adj (done hastily)
- hopplahop adj (done hastily)
- hudelig adj (done hastily)
Māori
4 entries- hakirara adj (done hastily)
- hakurara adj (done hastily)
- hakurara adj (done hastily)
- kōkau adj (done hastily)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forhastet adj (done hastily)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- forhasta adj (done hastily)
Polish
4 entries- byle jaki adj (done hastily)
- niedbały adj (done hastily)
- niestaranny adj (done hastily)
- byle jak adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- feito nas coxas adj (done hastily)
Russian
4 entries- небре́жный adj (done hastily)
- поспе́шный adj (done hastily)
- как попа́ло adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
- кое-ка́к adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- šlampavo adj (done hastily)
- šlampavo adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Spanish
2 entries- chapucero adj (done hastily)
- dicho rápido y mal adv (in a hasty or careless manner)
Swedish
2 entries- hafsig adj (done hastily)
- slarvig adj (done hastily)
Turkish
1 entries- üstünkörü adj (done hastily)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
For to him it was intolerable to think in a hurry, to jump to slapdash decisions, to act on instincts that could not be explained.
Source: tatoeba (11751624)
They had seen Poland, and that was the sort of slovenly, slapdash place they were used to, but once across the German frontier they found everything—crops, roads, buildings—uncannily different.
Source: wiktionary
When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.
Source: wiktionary
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