slipshod

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Recent Examples of slipshod Republican poll watching during the 2020 Presidential election was something of a slipshod endeavor, more of a last-minute suggestion than a concerted effort; this year, the R.N.C. and the Trump campaign celebrated National Poll Watcher Week. Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024 Macias said Scott Anderson had two to three drinks and that Disney did an incomplete and slipshod investigation, with no Breathalyzer or blood tests and no videos of Anderson’s behavior that night. Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 At the same time, his work was cynical, impersonal, lazy and, at times, slipshod. Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 The overuse of various kinds of dubious medicines and treatments for COVID-19 is emblematic of the government’s slipshod response to the pandemic. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for slipshod
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slipshod
Adjective
  • In June 2024, a U.S. Senate Finance Committee released a report that exposed the abusive and neglectful practices of youth residential treatment facilities like the fictional Tall Pines Academy.
    Erin McMullen, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This film would have brought the Harlem Renaissance and its luminaries to far greater prominence, during an era that was often neglectful of that movement’s heroes—and of new Black artists, too, as Greaves himself experienced.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In March 2024, Karen was arrested and charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Nigeria deserves solidarity in its fight against terror — not careless rhetoric that fuels misunderstanding.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tole and his attorneys allege civil counts of assault/battery and negligent hiring, retention and supervision.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • When he was arrested on a charges of negligent homicide and reckless operation of a vehicle, police also sought charges of felony hit and run.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There were a few sloppy passes on zone entries, and one instance where a puck slipped through him at the blueline.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The sweater’s hip-skimming length and relaxed cut result in a fit that feels effortlessly lived-in (not sloppy), while its wear-with-anything design is easy to style.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • A day after the state Legislature approved a bill intended to help Milwaukee crack down on reckless drivers, local officials met at the city's towing lot to send a message.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s reckless tariffs are needlessly spiking inflation and driving up prices on everything from groceries to housing to utilities.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Slipshod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipshod. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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