slapdash

slap·dash (sl

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adj.

Hasty and careless, as in execution: slapdash work.

adv.

In a reckless haphazard manner.

slapdash [ˈslæpˌdæʃ]

adv

in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner

adj

careless, hasty, or haphazard

1. slapdash activity or work

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) another name for roughcast [1]

[from slap + dash¹]

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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

slapdash

adjective careless, sloppy (informal), hasty, disorderly, hurried, last-minute, messy, clumsy, negligent, untidy, haphazard, perfunctory, thoughtless, thrown-together, slovenly, slipshod a slapdash piece of work
careful, meticulous, painstaking, ordered, precise, tidy, thoughtful, orderly, conscientious, fastidious, punctilious

Translations

slapdash [ˈslæpdæʃ] ADJ slap-happy [ˈslæphæpɪ] ADJ → descuidado, chapucero

slapdash [ˈslæpdæʃ] adj [work] → bâclé(e); [person] → brouillon(ne)
slap-happy [ˈslæphæpi] adj → insouciant(e)

slapdash [ˈslæpˌdæʃ] slaphappy [ˈslæpˌhæpɪ] adj (person) → negligente; (work) → raffazzonato/a

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careless
Carelessness
cursory
disorganized
forgetful
haphazard
hurried
inattentive
lax
meticulous
negligent
painstaking
pernickety
remiss
rigorous
scrupulous
skilful
slam-bang
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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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