slipshod en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From slip + shod (“wearing shoes”), originally wearing slippers. The meaning slovenly is from the early 19th century.
Meanings
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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.
1880, Mark Twain, The Awful German Language:Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
1999 August 22, Johanna McGeary, “Buried Alive”, in Time:
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(obsolete) 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.
1840, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Chapter 67: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.
1870, Bret Harte, From a Back Window:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more slipshod | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| slip-shod | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most slipshod | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (25)
cs lajdácký (done poorly or too quickly) · mi kōkau (done poorly or too quickly) · mi mākūare (done poorly or too quickly) · pl niestaranny (done poorly or too quickly) · es chapucero (done poorly or too quickly) · bg небрежен (done poorly or too quickly) · fr bâclé (done poorly or too quickly) · cs nedbalý (done poorly or too quickly) · fi puolihuolimaton (done poorly or too quickly) · cs kvapný (done poorly or too quickly) · de schludrig (done poorly or too quickly) · de schlampig (done poorly or too quickly) · el κακότεχνος (done poorly or too quickly) · es descuidado (done poorly or too quickly) · es pastrano (done poorly or too quickly) · uk недбалий (done poorly or too quickly) · cs nepořádný (done poorly or too quickly) · ru небрежный (done poorly or too quickly) · pl niedbały (done poorly or too quickly) · pl niechlujny (done poorly or too quickly) · mi mākūware (done poorly or too quickly) · mi hakurara (done poorly or too quickly) · es burdo (done poorly or too quickly) · mi hakirara (done poorly or too quickly) · el κακοφτιαγμένος (done poorly or too quickly)