slapdash
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The movie has its share of interesting observations of our built environment—of concrete’s drawbacks and often slapdash application, of the politics of urban housing development in which it plays a material part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Several times,” she said, and the only response was a slapdash temporary asphalt patch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
Brook's misdemeanour occurred before England touched ground in Australia, but it typified the slapdash approach to regaining the urn.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
The composition of these black-and-white street photographs seems slapdash, but the images work brilliantly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
He assumed that Lawrence, in his slapdash way with numbers, had mislaid a decimal point and meant a microcurie, a thousand times less.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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