shoddy

noun

shod·dy | \ ˈshä-dē

Definition of shoddy

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo

b : a fabric often of inferior quality manufactured wholly or partly from reclaimed wool

2a : inferior, imitative, or pretentious articles or matter

b : pretentious vulgarity

shoddy

adjective

shoddier; shoddiest

Definition of shoddy (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : made wholly or partly of shoddy

2a : cheaply imitative : vulgarly pretentious shoddy merchandise

b : hastily or poorly done : inferior shoddy workmanship

c : shabby, disreputable shoddy business deals

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Examples of shoddy in a Sentence

Adjective

They gave a shoddy performance. shoddy merchandise that soon fell to pieces

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

That never quite offset his shoddy blocking, unfortunately, which cost him playing time last season. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "True NFL Draft Grades: 2014 Draft, Four Years Later," 8 May 2018 Coby Fleener is too unreliable as a receiver to offset his shoddy blocking. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "NFL Draft Needs: All 32 Teams," 25 Apr. 2018 Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed — Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, "The Dark State of British Rhubarb," 20 Mar. 2017 In her motion for exoneration, filed in Wyandotte County District Court in June 2016, Pilate laid out a story of false arrest, conviction and imprisonment involving a shoddy and corrupted police investigation as well as prosecutorial misconduct. — Eric Adler, kansascity.com, "Falsely imprisoned for 23 years? Court to hear evidence on freeing Lamonte McIntyre," 26 Apr. 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

When this insurance regime interacts with Detroit’s high rates of car theft and the shoddy state of Michigan’s roads, a death spiral ensues. — The Economist, "Why Detroit is the most expensive city in America to buy car insurance," 5 July 2018 Hayden’s often shoddy science, Powell believed, sent the interests of the United States squarely in a damaging direction. — Johnforristerross, Longreads, "Taming the Great American Desert," 2 July 2018 After a shoddy search of the house, Serena emerges with June’s cape and concludes June must be gone. — refinery29.com, "The Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Episode 11 Recap: The Wolf Is A Metaphor," 27 June 2018 But now, under pressure to clean up its service, the social network is taking a more active role in policing shoddy businesses that use its service. — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, "Retailers Beware: Facebook Will Ban Your Ads If You're 'Bad'," 12 June 2018 The official record-keeping for black families from that time was also particularly shoddy. — Malika Andrews, New York Times, "A Relative Wages Jack Johnson’s Biggest Fight: To Clear His Name," 8 May 2018 Honored as one of the globe's best mayors by an international organization in 2010, Ebrard left office two years later under a cloud involving the exorbitant and shoddy construction of a subway line. — Dudley Althaus, Washington Post, "Mexico’s leftist president-elect begins his outreach to the U.S. and Trump," 6 July 2018 Gilbert says Big League Dreams' design and the company's supposedly shoddy maintenance led to $4 million in necessary repairs. — Lily Altavena, azcentral, "Gilbert may operate the shuttered Big League Dreams ballpark," 23 June 2018 Few of the projects were delivered — projects fell behind schedule, workers delivered shoddy construction and the firms stopped work. — Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, "Dominican senator accused of ripping off Haiti sanctioned by Trump administration," 12 June 2018

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