shoddy
A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled woolA low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
» Tom does shoddy work.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
Reißwolle
(countable, dated, uncountable)Worthless goods.
(colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable)Vulgar pretence or sham.
- reclaimed wool fiber
Examples
11 sentencesTranslations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
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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Forms
plural: shoddiesWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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