1
as in poor
of low quality
shoddy merchandise that soon fell to pieces
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2
as in notorious
not respectable
a waterfront area filled with shoddy saloons, tattoo parlors, and houses of prostitution
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Recent Examples of shoddy
Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed
—Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
The issue is that the Fed has relied on shoddy data.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Recycled pop bottles are made into carpets and seat linings, and cotton shoddy—used to make blue jeans—is recycled and turned into sound insulation.
—Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed
—Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
Noun
The McCann home run gave Arizona the lead back after the Twins had briefly jumped ahead in the second, taking advantage of some shoddy Diamondbacks defense.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
The issue is that the Fed has relied on shoddy data.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoddy
Adjective
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Porter has been a lead creator before, but that was on cellar-dwelling Houston Rockets squads that became a breeding ground for poor habits.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Young people want better governance and are fed up with suffering from poor services and economies while their leaders get rich around them and inequality grows.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The rebels, apparently satisfied with their loot, paid no mind as the women got into the second car, joining one of the Assad regime’s most notorious henchmen.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Europe has faced criticism over its notorious red tape and fractured business environment; a report last year by a former head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, particularly raised alarm over the bloc’s competitiveness.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The new style blends a nearly white, soft pink synthetic upper with a pink gradient fade mesh design.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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There is no place in our industry, and no use in the humanity of art, for replacing performers with synthetics.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sunday will also be Gabriel’s first NFL start in terrible weather.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Natalya also addressed the infamous storyline where her character suffered from uncontrollable flatulence.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This model reduces upfront investment and makes high-end simulation accessible to smaller firms that previously couldn’t afford enterprise-scale CAE platforms.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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According to computer simulations, these differences appeared to help lower disease transmission, reducing the risk of the fungal pathogen breaching the entire nest.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As the world searches for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, researchers are turning to materials that are safer, cheaper, and easier to source.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Financial sacrifices, dilemmas loom Norfolk military families said the shutdown had heightened the stakes of their financial choices, from comparison-shopping for the cheapest toilet paper to frequenting Costco to buy in bulk.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Trim low limbs on evergreen trees and shrubs to allow more sunlight in shady areas.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Riders will queue up in an expansive (and thankfully shady) warehouse structure that resembles garages seen in the films.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Shoddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoddy. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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