unthoroughadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough
overlyc1450
superficialc1456
sloven1532
sloven-like1569
perfunctory1592
slovenly1592
perfunctorious1599
cursory1601
cursorarya1616
slighty1619
cursitory1632
touch and go1682
passant1685
skimming1728
slapdashc1792
lax1812
slap-bang1815
slummocking1825
slobbery1832
percursory1837
slipshod1845
slip-string1854
slummocky1855
free and easy1864
unthorough1868
slurring1880
slummy1881
sploshy1881
skimmy1893
surfacy1975
drive-through1994
1868 W. R. Greg Lit. & Social Judgm. 277 Some singular inconsistencies, which..showed how imperfect and unthorough was his political philosophy.
1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 142 Knowing..how utterly unscientific and unthorough all such investigations then were.
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