as in neglectful
poorly done or carelessly made
He did a slipshod job. Her research is slipshod at best.
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Recent Examples of slipshod
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slipshod
Adjective
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Whatever the reason, an emotionally neglectful parent harms a child’s development.Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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There was the body natural, which was often neglectful, arrogant, shy, and, when drunk, impossible to deal with, and then there was the body television, which was charming, graceful, comforting, beloved.Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
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He’s been giving Jimmy the business for careless horse training, so when pulled aside, Jimmy thinks he’s done.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
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At that time, Hill was cited for careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt.Chandelis Duster, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
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Yet, Bragg cynically indicted two counts, charging second-degree manslaughter (i.e., reckless homicide) as the lead charge, with criminally negligent homicide as a backup.The Editors, National Review, 9 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Penny found not guilty in NYC subway chokehold case A jury on Monday found former Marine Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who Penny placed in a chokehold on board a New York City subway car last year.Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Dollar General also has paid millions of dollars of fines for sloppy stores and blocked fire exits that became both workplace safety hazards and potential turnoffs for its shoppers.Melissa Repko, NBC News, 5 Dec. 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, 30 Nov. 2024
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There’s nothing impressive about burning out in the pursuit of reckless expansion.Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Anyone who saw the 1939 MGM musical version of The Wizard of Oz has the image of Margaret Hamilton’s tinted skin implanted in his psyche, but Chu’s posing the Barbie-pink fad against arsenic-green’s implications of danger proves reckless.Armond White, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Slipshod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipshod. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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