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Word entry · 8 letters

slipshod

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"Careless in execution"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈslɪp.ʃɒd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted dhilopssStarts with SEnds with D1 clues
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Definitions

  1. Careless, messy, or poorly done.

Word origin

From slip + shod (“wearing shoes”), originally wearing slippers. The meaning slovenly is from the early 19th century.

Used in a sentence

  • Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
  • Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
  • [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.

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