Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
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Slipshod
/ˈslɪp.ʃɑd/
Synonyms for "slipshod" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
badbarbaricbarbarousbeat upbeat-upbedraggledblowzybotchedbunglingcarelesschintzyclumsydecrepitdeficientderelictdilapidateddisheveleddisorganizeddown at the heeldown-at-heel
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Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(11 words)
negligentpoor qualityshoddiershoddiestshoddyslapdashsloppy personsloppy techniqueslovenlierslovenlyunobservant
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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriescarelessnesspresentation quality
More specific
4 entriesshoddy analysissloppy reportsloppy slidessloppy workmanship
Collocations
5 entriesslipshod analysisslipshod data collectionslipshod handwritingslipshod presentationslipshod workmanship
Inflections
2 entriesmore slipshodmost slipshod
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
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[T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.
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That glossy, well-brushed individual, who lets himself in with a latch-key at the front door at night, is a very different being from the slipshod wretch who growls of mornings for hot water at the door of the kitchen.
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