slapdash en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈslæpdæʃ/
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Etymology
From slap + dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".
Meanings
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Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.
2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:They had seen Poland, and that was the sort of slovenly, slapdash place they were used to, but once across the German frontier they found everything—crops, roads, buildings—uncannily different.
1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 114:Valérie Pisano, the chief executive of Mila – the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute – said the slapdash approach to safety in AI systems would not be tolerated in any other field.
2023 May 2, Josh Taylor, Alex Hern, “‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton quits Google and warns over dangers of misinformation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most slapdash | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more slapdash | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Descendants
Translations (34)
nb forhastet (done hastily) · sv hafsig (done hastily) · mi tūpatokore (done hastily) · da forhastet (done hastily) · bg прибързан (done hastily) · fi hutiloitu (done hastily) · mi mākūare (done hastily) · de schludrig (done hastily) · ca barroer (done hastily) · de schlampert (done hastily) · mi hakurara (done hastily) · es chapucero (done hastily) · ru поспе́шный (done hastily) · ru небре́жный (done hastily) · de hopplahop (done hastily) · de hudelig (done hastily) · eo fuŝa (done hastily) · sh šlampavo (done hastily) · pl niestaranny (done hastily) · de schlampig (done hastily) · pl byle jaki (done hastily) · de flüchtig (done hastily) · fr bâclé (done hastily) · sv slarvig (done hastily) · mi hakirara (done hastily) · fi juosten kustu (done hastily) · mi kōkau (done hastily) · pt feito nas coxas (done hastily) · nn forhasta (done hastily) · de oberflächlich (done hastily) · de blindlings (done hastily) · nl gehaast (done hastily) · pl niedbały (done hastily) · tr üstünkörü (done hastily)