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ship-shape

ADJECTIVE

whole

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mature safe

STRONG

good mint solid sound

WEAK

complete completed developed faultless flawless in good order in one piece intact inviolate plenary preserved replete thorough together undamaged unharmed unhurt unimpaired uninjured unmarred unmutilated unscathed untouched without a scratch

Antonyms

STRONG

incomplete unreliable

WEAK

broken deficient fractional hurt impaired imperfect insufficient part partial sick unhealthy

Example Sentences

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The Legislature’s 2022 transportation budgets provide more money for crew recruitment and shipbuilding, but the agency might need years to become ship-shape.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Signs that not everything was ship-shape with Qin emerged in qualifying on Monday when he produced a terrible dive, after stepping off the board wrong, over-rotating and entering the water diagonally.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2012

Counsel Malcolm McCusker said the asylum seekers had been told before leaving Indonesia that the boat was "ship-shape, that everything was organised and that everything would be supplied".

From BBC • May 18, 2011

Despite its pulp-romance trappings and slightly silly sci-fi premise, “Outlander” is serious business, and it immediately behaves like a ship-shape television series.

From Washington Post

Then, when things are ship-shape again, you shall see what my gratitude is.”

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

ship-shape

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