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Shoddy

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Noun

1. shoddy

reclaimed wool fiber

Adjective

2. cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry

cheap and shoddy

Example Sentences:
'cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob'

3. jerry-built, shoddy

of inferior workmanship and materials

Example Sentences:
'mean little jerry-built houses'

4. deceptive, misleading, shoddy

designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

Example Sentences:
'the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm'
'deliberately deceptive packaging'
'a misleading similarity'
'statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading'
'shoddy business practices'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shoddy

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adjective -dier or -diest
1. 
imitating something of better quality
2. 
of poor quality; trashy
3. 
made of shoddy material
noun plural -dies
4. 
a yarn or fabric made from wool waste or clippings
5. 
anything of inferior quality that is designed to simulate superior quality

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shoddy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈshoddies
1. 
a. 
an inferior woolen yarn made from fibers taken from used fabrics and reprocessed
b. 
cheap woolen cloth made from this
2. 
anything of less worth or quality than it seems to have; esp., an inferior imitation
adjectiveWord forms: ˈshoddier or ˈshoddiest
3. 
a. 
made of shoddy
b. 
made of any cheap, inferior material
c. 
poorly done or made
4. 
counterfeit; sham
shoddy gentility
5. 
contemptible; mean; low
a shoddy trick

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shoddy

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adj. shod·di·er, shod·di·est
1. Made of or containing inferior material.
2.
a. Of poor quality or craft.
b. Rundown; shabby.
3. Dishonest or reprehensible: shoddy business practices.
4. Conspicuously and cheaply imitative.
n. pl. shod·dies
1.
a. Woolen yarn made partially or entirely from scraps or used clothing.
b. Cloth made from or containing such yarn.
2. Something of inferior quality; a cheap imitation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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