shoddily

Definition of shoddilynext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoddily
Adverb
  • If that were true, record numbers of small owners wouldn’t be staring down foreclosure and bankruptcy due to past rent freezes and years of miniscule rent adjustments that failed miserably to address across-the-board increases in building operating costs and expenses.
    Ann Korchak, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Her strategy failed miserably as lawmakers refused to give in to her demands.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Safety measures were grossly inadequate.
    Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • So, to be clear, that 14 billion number is grossly overstated.
    NBC news, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Given those and other variables, local property experts say the government didn’t egregiously overpay.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Pastrnak was tripped by Aleksei Protas trying to break out of his own zone and it was egregiously let go by the officials.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • And finally… The death of seven PAOK supporters in a road accident last week was an unspeakably awful tragedy, and one that will hang over the club for a long time.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • But tackling the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids in three dimensions is unspeakably difficult, so mathematicians have started with easier versions of the problem.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Jonathan Haidt, in his career as a wide-ranging social psychologist, has been flagrantly right about at least one big thing.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.
    Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • This leaves due diligence up to mostly voluntary investigation process, leaving environmental and human rights risks upstream insufficiently monitored.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2026
  • At the regional level, Rodríguez argued that Latin America remains fragmented and insufficiently integrated, calling for closer cooperation in trade, infrastructure and finance.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Shoddily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoddily. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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