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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | shoddy 'cloth made from reused wool' (19-20 centuries) |
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shod‧dy
1 made or done cheaply or carelessly
2 unfair and dishonest : shoddy journalism
shoddy journalism —shoddily adverb
—shoddiness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: bad WORD FOCUS: bad very bad: awful, terrible, horrible, lousy informal, appalling, ghastly, atrocious, horrendous
bad, but not very bad: not very good, mediocre, second-rate, so-so, lacklustre
of bad quality: shoddy, inferior, poor quality, cheap, crummy informal
bad at doing something: be no good at something
very bad at doing something: hopeless, terrible, useless, lousy informal, incompetent
morally bad: evil, wicked, immoral, corrupt, sick, perverted, degenerate
➔ See also bad
