slipshod
Example Sentences
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I collected these studded belts, slung them slipshod over whatever was in style at the time that I’ve blocked from my memory, and it felt like a biological necessity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And it’s merely one example of the bill’s slipshod construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
But she still objected to her colleagues’ slipshod way of killing it prematurely over the shadow docket.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2025
The court heard the workmanship shown by the gang had been "slipshod" and dangerous in quality.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Franz Kurie, who had come to Berkeley from Yale as a National Research Council fellow, felt the Rad Lab’s experimental procedures were too slipshod to foster serious research on the cyclotron.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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