slapdash

slap·dash

adj \ˈslap-ˈdash, -ˌdash\

Definition of SLAPDASH

: haphazard, slipshod

Examples of SLAPDASH

1. <the investigation of the charges against the mayor was slapdash and not very thorough>

First Known Use of SLAPDASH

circa 1792

Related to SLAPDASH

Synonyms: aimless, arbitrary, catch-as-catch-can, desultory, erratic, haphazard, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss, scattered, random, stray

Antonyms: methodical (also methodic), nonrandom, orderly, organized, regular, systematic, systematized

Related Words: accidental, casual, chance, chancy, contingent, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, unconsidered, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated; scattershot, shotgun; irregular, odd, sporadic, spot; directionless, objectless, purposeless; indiscriminate, unsystematic; undirected; disorderly, disorganized; undiscriminating, unselective

Near Antonyms: established, fixed, regular, set, stable, steady; constant, continuous, even; arranged, managed, orchestrated, ordered, planned; aware, conscious, deliberate, purposeful, thoughtful, willful (or wilful)

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Rhymes with SLAPDASH

abash, backlash, backslash, backsplash, bone ash, calash, Chumash, cold cash, czardas, encash, eyelash, fly ash, gate-crash, goulash, green flash, heat rash, hot flash, Lagash, mishmash, mustache, panache, potash, rehash, soutache, stramash, tongue-lash, unlash, Wabash, whiplash, white ash