shod·dy

(shŏd′ē)

adj. shod·di·er, shod·di·est

1. Made of or containing inferior material.

a. Of poor quality or craft.

b. Rundown; shabby.

3. Dishonest or reprehensible: shoddy business practices.

4. Conspicuously and cheaply imitative.

n. pl. shod·dies

a. Woolen yarn made partially or entirely from scraps or used clothing.

b. Cloth made from or containing such yarn.

2. Something of inferior quality; a cheap imitation.

[Earlier shoddy, worthless material, yarn made by shredding used woolen rags, perhaps from dialectal shoad, shode, loose fragments of ore on the ground indicating the presence of a lode, from Old English scādan, scēadan, to shed, divide ; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

shod′di·ly adv.

shod′di·ness n.

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Adv.

shoddily - in a shoddy manner; "a shoddily built house"; "he treated her shoddily"

Translations

بِدناءَه، بِحَقارَه

uboze

dårligt

kitschig

gyenge minõségben

illa

adî bir şekilde

恶劣地

shoddily

[ˈʃɒdɪlɪ] ADV shoddily made → chapucero, hecho chapuceramente
shoddily built → mal hecho, mal construido
she was very shoddily treated by him → él la trató fatal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shoddily

[ˈʃɒdɪli] adv [made, built, produced] → mal

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shoddily

adv → schäbig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shoddy

(ˈʃodi) adjective

1. of poor material or quality. shoddy furniture.

2. mean and contemptible. a shoddy trick.

ˈshoddily adverb

ˈshoddiness noun

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