Slipshod Definition

slĭpshŏd
adjective
Carelessly done or arranged.
Slipshod research.
American Heritage
Wearing shoes with worn-down heels.
Webster's New World
Careless, as in appearance or workmanship.
A slipshod job.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Slipshod

  • slip + shod (“wearing shoes"), originally "wearing slippers", "slovenly" is from early 19th century.

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Slipshod Sentence Examples

  • Poor writing is often the result of slipshod thinking or the muddled memory of unnecessary rules.

  • We have sought to avoid archaism, jargon, and all that is either stilted or slipshod.

  • Be ruthless with slipshod work that loses sight of what you are trying to achieve.

  • Sometime, arrangements toward the commencement of legal clinic are so slipshod that the momentum is either lost or reduced considerably.

  • Critical analysis and self-assessment which are fairly shallow or carried out in a slipshod way.

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Words Starting With

SSLSLI

Words Ending With

DODHOD

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