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slipshodslip‧shod /ˈslɪpʃɒd $ -ʃɑːd/ adjective   slipshodOrigin: 1800-1900 slipshod ‘wearing loose shoes’ (16-19 centuries) - The research project was shelved due to slipshod management.
- He concluded that at least part of the trouble was slipshod storytelling in the New Testament.
- Noades blamed unprofessionalism, a slipshod approach and complacency for the club's disappointing start to the season.
- Scientists may be more slipshod than they care to admit about replication and falsification.
- This is a dangerous time to be slipshod or careless about anything, for your mistakes will be ruthlessly and embarrassingly exposed.
- To be slipshod is to be hounded, which is the last thing he wants.
done in a careless way► careless · Investigators are still not sure whether the damage was intentional or due to careless work.· The building had been finished in a very careless way, with loose wires and unpainted ceilings.· Careless handling of pesticides causes dozens of accidents on farms every year. ► sloppy done in a careless and lazy way - use this about someone's work or the way someone writes or speaks: · The carpenter I hired did such a sloppy job that I finally had to fix the roof myself.· The company's failure was blamed on sloppy management.· How can you expect an 'A' in this class when you turn in an essay as sloppy as this? ► slapdash/slipshod done extremely carelessly and quickly, without paying any attention to the correct ways of working: · We complained to the airline that the in-flight service was hurried and slapdash.· The entire investigation had been conducted in an unsystematic, almost slipshod, manner. ► haphazard done without any clear plan or system: · According to the report, most Americans have a distinctly haphazard approach to saving for the future. done too quickly and carelessly – used to show disapproval SYN slapdash:  a slipshod piece of work |