Definitions

slipshod

[slip-shod] / ˈslɪpˌʃɒd /

ADJECTIVE

careless; not well done

Synonyms

WEAK

bedraggled botched disheveled faulty fly-by-night fouled-up haphazard imperfect inaccurate inexact junky loose messed-up messy neglected negligent raunchy screwed-up scrubby scruffy shabby shoddy slapdash sloppy slovenly tacky tattered threadbare unkempt unmeticulous unsystematic unthorough untidy

Antonyms

WEAK

careful neat polished refined well-done

Example Sentences

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Slipshod electric guitars spin like a lazy kite around strident acoustic guitars and a buoyant rhythm section.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Slipshod data-crunching doesn’t challenge the consensus in any meaningful way.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2020

Slipshod defending and careering drama seem a banal consequence, though, compared to the scenes after the final whistle at Hampden.

From BBC • May 21, 2016

Slipshod, he never got rich, but when he needed money to pay for an automobile, Friend Thomas provided it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slipshod as to speech, untidy, unwashed, uneducated, and most appallingly lazy, Mollie shifted the burden of her children upon Jeanne, who had cared for, in turn, each of the four red-headed babies.

From The Cinder Pond by Rankin, Carroll Watson

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