shoddy
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It added that it would recommend a departmental inquiry against CBI officials for their shoddy probe in the case.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
The island produces 40,000 barrels a day of low-quality crude, which is mostly used to power obsolete electricty plants that often fail because of shoddy maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Anyone who has worked for a wage has shared space with someone whose work was so shoddy that it made you angry to receive the same salary at week’s end.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026
Yet they also had the sharpest production losses over the past two decades, partly due to routine water-flooding and shoddy maintenance.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
He was constantly clashing with his superiors over what he saw as shoddy practices and corner-cutting, and sometimes broke company and union rules by doing work that he was contractually forbidden to do.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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