shoddy
Example Sentences
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But they angered him by withholding a final payment, instructing him to first complete his shoddy work to a higher standard.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
From a market perspective, they help reveal shoddy management practices and even fraud.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
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
It was worn and shoddy in comparison to the resplendence of the castle, but it was comfortable, and it was her.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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