as in neglectful
poorly done or carelessly made
He did a slipshod job. Her research is slipshod at best.
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Recent Examples of slipshod
At the same time, his work was cynical, impersonal, lazy and, at times, slipshod.
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Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
The end of the campaign was as slipshod as its beginning.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
More than anything, the defense argued that the investigation as a whole had been slipshod, and that Moye had become a scapegoat for detectives who didn’t have better answers.
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
Their nests, those altars of parental solicitude proudly built by other birds, are often slipshod affairs.
—Christoph Irmscher, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
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Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
The end of the campaign was as slipshod as its beginning.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
More than anything, the defense argued that the investigation as a whole had been slipshod, and that Moye had become a scapegoat for detectives who didn’t have better answers.
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
Their nests, those altars of parental solicitude proudly built by other birds, are often slipshod affairs.
—Christoph Irmscher, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slipshod
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Below, a few of my favorite books about bad mothering, from the benignly neglectful to the downright evil.—
Sarah Harman,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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Speaking of the Senate: That chamber on Monday fully passed Senate Bill 20, which seeks to crack down on chronically neglectful landlords by allowing government authorities to temporarily take control of run-down apartment buildings.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
1 May 2025
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Although Hill initially received two tickets for careless driving and not wearing a seat belt, they were dismissed after the officer who cited him didn’t show up to the Miami-Dade traffic hearing.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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Of those fires, 90% were caused by careless human activity, the agency said.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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The mother was charged with four counts of first-degree domestic violence, aggravated child abuse, abuse of a corpse and criminally negligent homicide.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Teresa Louise Biswanath, 46, was sentenced to two years behind bars after a jury convicted her of criminally negligent homicide, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office said in a May 13 news release.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Sinner won a bizarre semifinal in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban, while Alcaraz triumphed in a sloppy duel.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Denver defeated Gang Green 10-9 last season in a rainy, sloppy affair at MetLife Stadium.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2025
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Youngest brother Dante is reckless and indebted to dangerous criminals.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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On Sunday, officers arrested the suspect in South San Francisco and booked him into San Mateo County jail on charges of hit-and-run causing injury and reckless evading.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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“Slipshod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipshod. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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