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slapdash

[slap-dash] / ˈslæpˌdæʃ /


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The movie can sometimes feel purposefully sloppy but somehow it’s never slapdash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Church scorned French Impressionism as slapdash, and Ms. Johnson suggests that his work became less popular simply because it was superseded by a more innovative style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

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 staff did not greet the Joliots’ achievement as joyously as Madame Curie, for the discovery was another reproach to their slapdash methodology.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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