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slapdash

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of slapdash

lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern

the police department's investigation of the charges against the mayor was slapdash and not very thorough

Synonyms of slapdash

aimless, arbitrary, catch-as-catch-can, desultory, erratic, haphazard, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss, random, scattered, stray

Words Related to slapdash

accidental, casual, chance, chancy, contingent, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, unconsidered, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated

scattershot, shotgun

irregular, odd, sporadic, spot

directionless, objectless, purposeless

indiscriminate, unsystematic

disorderly, disorganized

undiscriminating, unselective

Near Antonyms of slapdash

established, fixed, regular, set, stable, steady

constant, continuous, even

arranged, managed, orchestrated, ordered, planned

aware, conscious, deliberate, purposeful, thoughtful, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms of slapdash

methodical (also methodic), nonrandom, orderly, organized, regular, systematic, systematized

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