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slipshod

[slip-shod] / ˈslɪpˌʃɒd /


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"The overall impression I get is of a generally slipshod approach to maintenance," he added.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

And it’s merely one example of the bill’s slipshod construction.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

But she still objected to her colleagues’ slipshod way of killing it prematurely over the shadow docket.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2025

But if regulations are slipshod, a plutonium-producing gamble in a warhead-hungry world could lead to incalculable losses — at a speed far faster than that of our melting glaciers.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2024

They were slipshod and didn’t much care, so long as they kept out of trouble themselves.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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