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
Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Jack Black parading around with a ragtag team that includes Jason Momoa in a long wig with shoddy bangs, the wolf girl from Wednesday, and the incredibly talented Danielle Brooks in a Minecraft movie directed by the guy who did Napoleon Dynamite sounds like the setup to an April Fool’s joke.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2025
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
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Adjective
Early in his Senate tenure, Jones was involved in the legislative response to the scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in his district, where it was revealed that bodies were being buried on top of each other amid shoddy recordkeeping.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Jack Black parading around with a ragtag team that includes Jason Momoa in a long wig with shoddy bangs, the wolf girl from Wednesday, and the incredibly talented Danielle Brooks in a Minecraft movie directed by the guy who did Napoleon Dynamite sounds like the setup to an April Fool’s joke.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoddy
Adjective
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Consumer spending softened, increasing 1.8%, down from a 4% rise in the fourth quarter, but a decent performance in light of stock market turmoil and poor weather early in the quarter.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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These factors could contribute material risk to Nike’s earnings and put the company in a poor position to manage near-term headwinds.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Third-party cookies are notorious for helping analytics firms and advertisers track users’ activities, potentially violating their online privacy.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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Some Venezuelans subject to Trump’s use of the law have been sent to El Salvador and housed in its notorious main prison, known as CECOT.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid that is used for pain relief and as an anesthetic, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration website.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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The synthetic web, hung from the ceiling, was made with a combination of parachute cords and cords used for hair ties to mimic the two kinds of silk spiders used when spinning their webs.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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United have fallen massively and it’s been a terrible watch all season, bar a couple of highs.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Returning to Churchill after his infamous two-year-plus-one-year Churchill ban dating from Medina Spirit’s 2021 betamethasone disqualification, Baffert was buoyant about the work.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Suggestions that Marseille’s players had refused to train inevitably resurrected memories of the infamous training-ground strike at the South African resort of Knysna that contributed to the France national team’s spectacular derailment at the 2010 World Cup.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The training center will feature simulations of places where police, firefighters and medics go — a bathroom where someone slipped and fell, a hotel and more.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2025
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Computer simulations were having trouble explaining this movement of the streams.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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China leads the global production of cheap goods made in large volume, such as dishes and cooking gadgets.—
Pablo Robles,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Some cheaper tags don’t have a replaceable battery although some have rechargeable cells.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The mood shifts from shady to straight-up scandalous.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Instead, Fenix lost the biggest match of his young WWE career, albeit under shady circumstances, while Americano picked up a WrestleMania win.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Shoddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoddy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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