Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The property of being shoddy.

    the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction

  2. (countable, rare)The result or product of being shoddy.

Forms

plural: shoddinesses
Singularshoddiness
Pluralshoddinesses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better:trashiness
  • the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction:flimsiness

Word family

1 related words
Relatedshoddy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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