Sekirov Dictionary

shoddy

UK /ˈʃɒd.i/US /ˈʃɑ.di/

adjective 4
noun 3
forms 3

adjective4

•
Of poor quality or construction.
- Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking.
•
Poor; low.
- Do not settle for shoddy quality in your kitchen knives.
(old-fashioned) Pretentious, sham, counterfeit.
(old-fashioned) Ambitious by reason of newly-acquired wealth; nouveau riche.

noun3

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A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
- To fill contracts for hundreds of thousands of uniforms, textile manufacturers compressed the fibers of recycled woolen goods into a material called “shoddy”. — 1988
(old-fashioned) Worthless goods.
(informal, old-fashioned) Vulgar pretence or sham.

forms

shoddies · shoddier · shoddiest

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