shoddy (redirected from shoddies)

shod·dy  (shd)

adj. shod·di·er, shod·di·est

1. Made of or containing inferior material.

2.

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

1.

a. Woolen yarn made from scraps or used clothing, with some new wool added.

b. Cloth made from or containing such yarn.

2. Something of inferior quality; a cheap imitation.

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shoddi·ly adv.

shoddi·ness n.

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shoddy [ˈʃɒdɪ]

adj -dier, -diest

1. imitating something of better quality

2. of poor quality; trashy

3. made of shoddy material

n pl -dies

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a yarn or fabric made from wool waste or clippings

2. anything of inferior quality that is designed to simulate superior quality

[of unknown origin]

shoddily  adv

shoddiness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shoddy - reclaimed wool fiber wool - fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
Adj.	1.	shoddy - cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist cheapjack, tawdry inferior - of low or inferior quality
	2.	shoddy - of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses" jerry-built weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
	3.	shoddy - designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices" misleading, deceptive dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

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shoddy

adjective inferior, poor, second-rate, cheap, tacky (informal), tawdry, tatty, trashy, low-rent (informal, chiefly U.S.), slipshod, cheapo (informal), rubbishy, junky (informal), cheap-jack (informal) I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
fine, quality, excellent, careful, accurate, meticulous, well-made, first-rate, considerate, superlative, craftsman-like

Translations

shoddy [ˈʃɒdɪ]

A. ADJ (shoddier (compar) (shoddiest (superl))) [merchandise, product] → de baja calidad, de pacotilla; [work, service] → chapucero

B. N (= cloth) → paño m burdo de lana; (= wool) → lana f regenerada; (as waste, fertilizer) → desechos mpl de lana

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shoddy [ˈʃɒdi] adj

[goods] → de mauvaise qualité; [workmanship, work] → mauvais(e)

[treatment, behaviour] → exécrable

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shoddy

adj (+er) → schäbig; work → schludrig; goods → minderwertig; service → schlampig, schluderig; a shoddy attempt → ein schluderiger Versuch

n (= cloth) → Shoddy nt or m

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shoddy [ˈʃɒdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → scadente

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shoddy [ˈʃɒdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → scadente

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shoddy

adj shoddy [ˈʃodi]

1 of poor material or quality shoddy furniture. swak vervaardig رَديء، غَيْر مُتْقَن прост podřadný dårlig Schund-... φτηνός, που είναι χαμηλής ποιότητας de mala calidad kehv, praak- بنجل kehno de camelote גָרוּעַ घटिया, रद्दी माल jeftino, bofl hitvány buruk, jelek óvandaður scadente 安っぽい 싸구려 menkas, palaikis sliktas kvalitātes-; slikts kurang bermutu prullig sjusket, av dårlig kvalitet tandetny ruim de proastă calitate дрянной, низкосортный nekvalitný, podradný zanič bedan dålig, usel คุณภาพต่ำ adî, kalitesiz, tapon 劣質的 поганий, неякісний گھٹیا، ادنی chất lượng kém 劣质的,假冒的

2 mean and contemptible a shoddy trick. nare دَنيء، حَقير، واطئ просташки sprostý tarvelig mies ελεεινός, επαίσχυντος mezquino alatu شرم آور alhainen minable נִבזִי नीच traljavo vacak kasar, hina, berengsek lúalegur meschino 卑劣な 비열한 niekingas nekrietns; zemisks hina min simpel, dårlig gjort ohydny baixo ră­su­flat низкий, дешёвый nečestný grd, nizkoten nepošten tarvlig, lumpen เลวทราม iğrenç, adî 卑鄙的 жалюгідний, нікчемний گھٹیا đê tiện 卑鄙的

adv shoddily

lendelam بِدناءَه، بِحَقارَه просташко uboze dårligt; tarveligt kitschig φτηνά, πρόχειρα ruinmente kehvalt, alatult بطرز شرم آور kehnosti, alhaisesti mal בְּאֵיכוּת גְרוּעָה घटियापन से, निर्दयतापूर्वक loše, traljavo gyenge minőségben secara kasar illa male 安っぽく 조잡하게 menkai, varganai sliktā kvalitātē; nekrietni dengan cara yang hina prullig, min sjusket; simpelt tandetnie inferiormente rău халтурно úboho slabo bedno uselt, tarvligt อย่างเลวทราม adî bir şekilde 以次充好地 неякісно گھٹیاپن سے chất lượng kém 以次充好地

n shoddiness

lendelamheid دناءَه، حَقارَه простащина podřadnost tarvelighed der Kitsch φτήνια, προχειρότητα mala calidad viletsus ناجوانمردي ala-arvoisuus mauvaise qualité אֵיכוּת יְרוּדָה घटियापन, अनुदारता traljavost hitványság kekasaran, keberengsekan léleg gæði (cattiva qualità) 安っぽさ 조잡함 menkumas, vargas slikta kvalitāte; nekrietnība ketiadaan kualiti prulligheid, minheid det som er sjusket/simpelt kiepska jakość, tandetność má qualidade calitate proastă халтура, дешёвка podradnosť slaba kakovost beda uselhet, tarvlighet ความมีคุณภาพต่ำ adîlik 冒充 слабкість; нездатність گھٹیاپن chất lượng kém 冒充