as in random
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
the police department's investigation of the charges against the mayor was slapdash and not very thorough
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Recent Examples of slapdash
But without state licenses, the shops were playing by their own set of rules — no testing, slapdash labeling, no taxes — which even the staunchest legalization advocates feared could choke out the nascent legal industry.
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Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The internet tends to flatten all that, though; a casual user might not know the difference between a trusted source and a slapdash amateur.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
How about to public peace? Aid groups say the Taliban are not equipped for the wave of returnees, who have been pouring out of Pakistan and into slapdash relocation camps near the Torkham and Chaman border crossings.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023
Their brand was chaos: live shows that were transcendent or tragicomic depending on the drugs involved; albums that interpolated brilliant Stones-adjacent youth anthems and devastating country weepers with slapdash Kiss covers and improvised jams where no one played their actual instrument.
—Elizabeth Nelson, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
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Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The internet tends to flatten all that, though; a casual user might not know the difference between a trusted source and a slapdash amateur.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
How about to public peace? Aid groups say the Taliban are not equipped for the wave of returnees, who have been pouring out of Pakistan and into slapdash relocation camps near the Torkham and Chaman border crossings.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023
Their brand was chaos: live shows that were transcendent or tragicomic depending on the drugs involved; albums that interpolated brilliant Stones-adjacent youth anthems and devastating country weepers with slapdash Kiss covers and improvised jams where no one played their actual instrument.
—Elizabeth Nelson, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slapdash
Adjective
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Her old boss Raymond King (J.K. Simmons), someone Chris had helped, was shot dead in LA and left a wall of random evidence involving a broken family, human trafficking and global assassinations.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The company, which started in 2015 and sells itself as a meal kit service, is actually closer to an online grocery store than a place that’s going to send you half an onion wrapped in plastic and a tiny baggy of cumin to make some so-so black bean tacos or a random stir fry.—
Carina Finn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most times, these changes are a result of the over-analysis of some arbitrary KPIs meant to gauge the health and growth of the platform.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2025
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In short, protectionism grants states too much arbitrary power to intervene in the market and thus spawns more platforms for the exchange of political favors.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The public, too, could become less tolerant of state action as DOGE’s drive to move fast yields haphazard mistakes.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Too often, deals in the creator space are haphazard or misaligned.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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But Trump’s erratic purge of the federal workforce has undermined those very efforts.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the meantime, crowds braved erratic weather for a festive opening weekend, and even early on a Monday morning, neighbors had already begun to converge, attracted by the new sod, tender trees, and open plaza that makes this 165-year-old wedge of nature look fresh and young again.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Slapdash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapdash. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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