slipshod
adj/ˈslɪp.ʃɒd/UK/ˈslɪp.ʃɑd/US
Etymology
Definitions
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.
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
Derived
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