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slapdash

[slap-dash] / ˈslæpˌdæʃ /


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The current plan for infrastructure improvements and slapdash redecorating at the cost of $250 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Church scorned French Impressionism as slapdash, and Ms. Johnson suggests that his work became less popular simply because it was superseded by a more innovative style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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

They were slow, they were thorough; none of the slapdash arrogance and sudden deviousness that marked Karhidish officialdom.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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