slipshod

slip·shod (sl

)

adj.

1. Marked by carelessness; sloppy or slovenly. See Synonyms at sloppy.

2. Slovenly in appearance; shabby or seedy.

slipshoddi·ness n.

slipshod [ˈslɪpˌʃɒd]

adj

1. (of an action) negligent; careless

2. (of a person's appearance) slovenly; down-at-heel

[from slip¹ + shod]

slipshoddiness , slipshodness n

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Adj.

slipshod - marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

slapdash, 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"

slipshod

adjective careless, sloppy (informal), loose, slapdash, casual, untidy, slovenly, unsystematic The hotel had always been run in a slipshod way.

Translations

slipshod [ˈslɪpʃɒd] ADJ → descuidado, chapucero

slipshod [ˈslɪpʃɒd] adj [approach, way] → négligent(e); [work] → négligé(e), peu soigné(e)

slipshod

adj → schludrig

slipshod [ˈslɪpˌʃɒd] adj → sciatto/a, trascurato/a

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careless
Clatch
efficient
fastidious
foozle
forgetful
haphazard
inattentive
inefficient
jerry-built
lax
negligent
painstaking
perfunctory
pernickety
remiss
shoddy
slack
slapdash

The waiting--the hope-- the disappointment--the fear--the misery--the poverty--the blight on his hopes, and end to his career--the suicide perhaps, or the shabby, slipshod drunkard.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

Of course that decided me at once to see them, for I never allow myself to do things by halves, or in a slurring, slipshod way.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slipshod and in curl-papers all day.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context

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