slapdash

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Root and Head elevated themselves above the rest and Michael Neser took 4-60 in an improved Australia bowling performance, but England were slapdash with the ball and Smith's dismissal was atrocious.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

The composition of these black-and-white street photographs seems slapdash, but the images work brilliantly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The slapdash apology videos made Deen into a joke, one she tried to get in front of during that “Today Show” appearance, only to make matters worse.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

District Court in Boston, that had blocked the administration’s slapdash deportations while legal challenges wend through the courts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

This she says to the two women on the sofa, her usual peremptory rough-cut slapdash manner, and as usual she gets away with it.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood