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slapdash

[slap-dash] / ˈslæpˌdæʃ /


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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

These long-standing facilities were joined this month by a slapdash detention camp in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

From Salon • Jul. 21, 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

With his engineer’s soul, Brobeck could not help but be offended by the Rad Lab’s slapdash operation and maintenance standards.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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