Definitions

slipshod

[slip-shod] / ˈslɪpˌʃɒd /

ADJECTIVE

careless; not well done

Synonyms

WEAK

bedraggled botched disheveled faulty fly-by-night fouled-up haphazard imperfect inaccurate inexact junky loose messed-up messy neglected negligent raunchy screwed-up scrubby scruffy shabby shoddy slapdash sloppy slovenly tacky tattered threadbare unkempt unmeticulous unsystematic unthorough untidy

Antonyms

WEAK

careful neat polished refined well-done

Example Sentences

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"The overall impression I get is of a generally slipshod approach to maintenance," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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

But if regulations are slipshod, a plutonium-producing gamble in a warhead-hungry world could lead to incalculable losses — at a speed far faster than that of our melting glaciers.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2024

Colonel Cathcart was a slick, successful, slipshod, unhappy man of thirty-six who lumbered when he walked and wanted to be a general.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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