shoddy

Example Sentences

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Anyone who has worked for a wage has shared space with someone whose work was so shoddy that it made you angry to receive the same salary at week’s end.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

Cobb didn’t find much to read about menopause, beyond shoddy research and medical tracts which trivialized or pathologized what she knew to be a natural phase of life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Yet they also had the sharpest production losses over the past two decades, partly due to routine water-flooding and shoddy maintenance.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

All have one-star reviews on Trustpilot with hundreds of customers saying they were duped into thinking they were buying from UK-based brands and received shoddy goods.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

“That’s pretty shoddy engineering. We put more thought into Tin Man’s stress points.”

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman