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slapdash

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slap·dash  (slpdsh)
adj.
Hasty and careless, as in execution: slapdash work.
adv.
In a reckless haphazard manner.
slapdash
Adverb
carelessly or hastily
Adjective
careless or hasty
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.slapdash - marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
slipshod, haphazard, sloppy
careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
Adv.1.slapdash - in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"
slam-bang
2.slapdash - directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
bang, slap, smack, bolt
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Translations
slapdash [ˈslæpdæʃ] adj → chapucero
slapdash [ˈslæpdæʃ] adj [work] → fait(e) sans soin or à la va-vite; [person] → insouciant(e) → négligent(e)
slapdash [ˈslæpdæʃ] slap adj → nachlässig, schludrig (inf)
slapdash [ˈslæpdæʃ] adj → abborracciato/a


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It was obvious at a glance that the original WELTLUST had come back; that he had restored himself, as nearly as a man could do who had grown three or four years older, to the old jaunty, slapdash guise under which Tess had first known her admirer, and cousin so-called.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Venning was a dark young man, about thirty-two years of age, very slapdash and confident in his manner, although at this moment obviously a little excited.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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