slipshod

adj
/ˈslɪp.ʃɒd/UK/ˈslɪp.ʃɑd/US

Etymology

From slip + shod (“wearing shoes”), originally wearing slippers. The meaning slovenly is from the early 19th century.

  1. inherited from shoed
  2. compounded as slipshod — “slip + shod

Definitions

  1. Done poorly or too quickly

    Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.

    • Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
    • Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
  2. Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.

    • [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.
    • That glossy, well-brushed individual, who lets himself in with a latch-key at the front door at night, is a very different being from the slipshod wretch who growls of mornings for hot water at the door of the kitchen.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for slipshod. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA