shoddy

Example Sentences

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May, 49, got his start as a head coach at Florida Atlantic University—a school with such shoddy basketball resources that he tried to avoid showing prospective recruits the locker room, or its lukewarm showers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

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

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

However, it was deemed to be in too shoddy a state to rescue, prompting her to pivot to building her own abode.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

The officials at the school were accommodating, however, and instead of chastising him for his sometimes shoddy work, they awarded him a gold medal for becoming the youngest grandmaster in history.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady