adjective · rare

shoddy

shoddy · shoddier · shoddiest

низький, невисокий

дрянной, низкопробный

billig, schlampig, schäbig, minderwertig

Of poor quality or constructionOf poor quality or construction.

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UK/ˈʃɒd.i/US/ˈʃɑ.di/

» Tom does shoddy work.

Meaning

4 senses

Of poor quality or construction.
Near-synonym: spotty
Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking.
minderwertig, billig, schäbig
дрянно́йdrjannój, низкопро́бныйnizkopróbnyj
Poor; low.
Near-synonym: spotty
Do not settle for shoddy quality in your kitchen knives.
(dated)Pretentious, sham, counterfeit.
(dated)Ambitious by reason of newly-acquired wealth; nouveau riche.

More definitions

made of inferior workmanship and materials
unethical or dishonest

Examples

11 sentences

Tom does shoddy work.
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Tom's work is shoddy.
ruРабота Тома некачественная.
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His book is riddled with shoddy research.
ruЕго книга пестрит низкопробными исследованиями.
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I've never seen this shoddy of an excuse in my life.
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This work is shoddy.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

of poor quality:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of poor quality:

Origin

* Unknown, but possibly from shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), equivalent to sh

* Unknown, but possibly from shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), equivalent to shoad + -y; or possibly from the Arabic word for reuse. Shoad was of inferior quality for building.

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