as in neglectful
poorly done or carelessly made
He did a slipshod job. Her research is slipshod at best.
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More than anything, the defense argued that the investigation as a whole had been slipshod, and that Moye had become a scapegoat for detectives who didn’t have better answers.
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
Their nests, those altars of parental solicitude proudly built by other birds, are often slipshod affairs.
—Christoph Irmscher, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
But it too has been accused of slipshod operations by multiple sources.
—Wil Sands, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
Ancient Apocalypse is positively quaint by comparison with the paranoid, slipshod dreck filling many cable channels.
—Jason Colavito, The New Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
Their nests, those altars of parental solicitude proudly built by other birds, are often slipshod affairs.
—Christoph Irmscher, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
But it too has been accused of slipshod operations by multiple sources.
—Wil Sands, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
Ancient Apocalypse is positively quaint by comparison with the paranoid, slipshod dreck filling many cable channels.
—Jason Colavito, The New Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
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The film presents multiple healthy and unhealthy types of parenthood — neglectful parents, tragic parents, absent parents, robot parents, single parents, military dads, bicoastal parents, dead parents, surrogate parents, grandparents, and the list goes on.Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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Characteristics Children growing up in neglectful families may not have access to medical care, appropriate education, food, and other necessities.Sherri Gordon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2024
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The female driver, whose name has not been released, was charged with careless driving causing injury, according to WPBF and WFOR-TV.Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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If companies are careless, AI will replicate the same biases as human decision-making.Dr. Vic Baker, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Penny, 26, is facing second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in Neely’s death in May 2023.Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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In a sloppy game that included 21 penalties between the teams, the Bears got in the end zone just once — their only offensive touchdown of the first two weeks.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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That’s one of the lessons these Rams, especially the younger ones, can take away from this sloppy experience.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Besides murder, the jury also found Coy guilty of felonious assault and reckless homicide.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Coy, who was removed from his position in the Columbus Police Department shortly after the incident, faced charges of murder, reckless homicide and other offenses in which he was found guilty on Monday.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Slipshod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipshod. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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