slipshod

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

slip + shod (“‘wearing shoes’”), originally "wearing slippers", "slovenly" is from early 19th century.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈslɪp.ʃɒd/, SAMPA: /"slIp.SQd
• (US) IPA: /ˈslɪp.ʃɑd/, SAMPA: /"slIp.SAd
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• Rhymes: -ɒd

[edit] Adjective

slipshod (comparative more slipshod, superlative most slipshod)

1. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.

   The roof sagged because of slipshod construction.

   • 1880, Mark Twain, "The Awful German Language",

     Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.

2. (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
   • 1840, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Chapter 67,

     [...] they wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:careless

[edit] Translations