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slipshod

Pronunciation:  'slipshâd

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 Definition: [adj]  marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
 
 Synonyms: careless, haphazard, slapdash, sloppy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Slip"shod`\, a.
1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

         The shivering urchin bending as he goes, With
         slipshod heels.                       --Cowper.

2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.;
   slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or
   loose style of writing.

         Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod.      --Shak.

 

 

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