shoddy 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɑdi]
a . 长弹毛的,以次充好的
n . 长弹毛的,赝品
长弹毛的,以次充好的长弹毛的,赝品
shoddy adj 1 :
cheap and shoddy ; "
cheapjack moviemaking ...
that feeds on the low taste of the mob "-
Judith Crist [
synonym :
{
cheapjack }, {
shoddy }, {
tawdry }]
2 :
of inferior workmanship and materials ; "
mean little jerry -
built houses " [
synonym : {
jerry -
built }, {
shoddy }]
3 :
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently ; "
the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm ";
"
deliberately deceptive packaging "; "
a misleading similarity "; "
statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading "; "
shoddy business practices " [
synonym : {
deceptive },
{
misleading }, {
shoddy }]
n 1 :
reclaimed wool fiber Shoddy \
Shod "
dy \,
a .
1 .
Made wholly or in part of shoddy ;
containing shoddy ;
as ,
shoddy cloth ;
shoddy blankets ;
hence ,
colloquially ,
not genuine ;
sham ;
pretentious ;
as ,
shoddy aristocracy .
[
1913 Webster ]
Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride . --
Compton Reade .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
of poor quality or inferior workmanship . --[
RHUD ]
[
PJC ]
3 .
visibly worn or damaged from use ;
shabby .
[
PJC ]
Shoddy \
Shod "
dy \,
n . [
Perhaps fr . {
Shed },
v .
t .;
as meaning originally ,
waste stuff shed or thrown off ;
cf .
dial .
shod to shed ,
and E . {
Shed }
a parting ,
separation , {
Shode }
a parting .]
1 .
A fibrous material obtained by "
deviling ,"
or tearing into fibers ,
refuse woolen goods ,
old stockings ,
rags ,
druggets ,
etc .
See {
Mungo }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Fluffy ,
fibrous waste from wool carding ,
worsted spinning ,
or weaving of woolens .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
3 .
A fabric of inferior quality made of ,
or containing a large amount of ,
shoddy .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army supplies in the late Civil War in the United States gave wide currency to the word ,
and it came to be applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in society than that to which their breeding or worth entitles them ;
this term is now (
1997 )
rarely used in that sense .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
292 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shoddy ":
NG ,
abject ,
abominable ,
affected ,
apocryphal ,
arrant ,
artificial ,
assumed ,
atrocious ,
awful ,
base ,
bastard ,
beastly ,
beat -
up ,
bedraggled ,
beggarly ,
beneath contempt ,
blameworthy ,
blowzy ,
bogus ,
broken -
down ,
brummagem ,
brutal ,
budget ,
careless ,
cheap ,
cheapjack ,
cheat ,
cheesy ,
chintzy ,
clamjamfry ,
clinquant ,
colorable ,
colored ,
common ,
contemptible ,
counterfeit ,
counterfeited ,
crappy ,
crummy ,
debased ,
debris ,
degraded ,
deplorable ,
depraved ,
despicable ,
detestable ,
dilapidated ,
dingy ,
dire ,
dirty ,
discreditable ,
disgraceful ,
disgusting ,
dishonorable ,
disreputable ,
distorted ,
dowdy ,
down -
at -
heel ,
down -
at -
the -
heels ,
drabbletailed ,
draggled ,
draggletailed ,
dreadful ,
dressed up ,
dummy ,
dust ,
easy ,
economic ,
economy ,
egregious ,
embellished ,
embroidered ,
enormous ,
ersatz ,
execrable ,
factitious ,
fake ,
faked ,
fakement ,
falsified ,
feigned ,
fetid ,
fictitious ,
fictive ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
forgery ,
foul ,
frame -
up ,
fraud ,
frayed ,
frazzled ,
frowzy ,
frugal ,
frumpish ,
frumpy ,
full of holes ,
fulsome ,
garbled ,
gaudy ,
gimcracky ,
good -
for -
naught ,
good -
for -
nothing ,
grave ,
grievous ,
gross ,
grubby ,
hateful ,
heinous ,
hoax ,
holey ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
ignominious ,
illegitimate ,
imitation ,
impostor ,
in rags ,
in shreds ,
in tatters ,
inexpensive ,
infamous ,
inferior ,
informal ,
inglorious ,
junk ,
junky ,
lamentable ,
litter ,
little ,
loathsome ,
loose ,
lousy ,
low ,
low -
down ,
low -
priced ,
lumber ,
lumpen ,
make -
believe ,
makeshift ,
man -
made ,
manageable ,
mangy ,
mean ,
measly ,
meretricious ,
messy ,
miserable ,
mock ,
moderate ,
modest ,
monstrous ,
mussy ,
nasty ,
nefarious ,
negligent ,
no -
account ,
no -
good ,
noisome ,
nominal ,
not worth having ,
not worth mentioning ,
not worthwhile ,
notorious ,
nugacious ,
nugatory ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
offensive ,
outrageous ,
paltry ,
paste ,
patchy ,
pathetic ,
perverted ,
petty ,
phony ,
pinchbeck ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
plastic ,
poky ,
poor ,
pretended ,
pseudo ,
put -
on ,
put -
up job ,
quasi ,
queer ,
raff ,
ragged ,
raggedy ,
rank ,
ratty ,
reasonable ,
regrettable ,
reprehensible ,
reptilian ,
repulsive ,
riffraff ,
rip -
off ,
rotten ,
rubbish ,
rubbishy ,
rubble ,
ruinous ,
run -
down ,
sad ,
scabby ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
scraggly ,
scrap ,
scrubby ,
scruffy ,
scummy ,
scurvy ,
scuzzy ,
second -
rate ,
seedy ,
self -
styled ,
sensible ,
shabby ,
shady ,
sham ,
shameful ,
shocking ,
simulacrum ,
simulated ,
slack ,
slatternly ,
sleazy ,
slipshod ,
sloppy ,
slovenly ,
sluttish ,
small ,
so -
called ,
soi -
disant ,
sordid ,
sorry ,
spurious ,
squalid ,
supposititious ,
swindle ,
synthetic ,
tacky ,
tattered ,
tatty ,
tawdry ,
terrible ,
tin ,
tinsel ,
tinselly ,
titivated ,
token ,
too bad ,
torn ,
trash ,
trashy ,
trivial ,
truck ,
trumpery ,
twisted ,
two -
for -
a -
cent ,
two -
for -
a -
penny ,
twopenny ,
twopenny -
halfpenny ,
unauthentic ,
unclean ,
unexpensive ,
ungenuine ,
unkempt ,
unmentionable ,
unnatural ,
unneat ,
unreal ,
unrespectable ,
unsightly ,
untidy ,
valueless ,
vile ,
villainous ,
warped ,
whited sepulcher ,
within means ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worth the money ,
worthless ,
wretched
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SHODDY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SHODDY is a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo How to use shoddy in a sentence
SHODDY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Shoddy definition: of poor quality or inferior workmanship See examples of SHODDY used in a sentence
SHODDY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary shoddy adjective (BADLY MADE) Add to word list badly and carelessly made, using low quality materials: shoddy goods
shoddy adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of shoddy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
shoddy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Shoddy is a cloth made from worn woollen things, old stockings, druggets, etc , which were formerly only used for the production of inferior paper, wallpaper, etc , but which were more often thrown on the waste-heap
SHODDY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Shoddy work or a shoddy product has been done or made carelessly or badly I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service American customers no longer tolerate shoddy goods
Shoddy Meaning, Definition, Synonym Antonym (2025) | BUHAVE Shoddy is defined as inferior in quality, especially due to poor workmanship, substandard materials, or lack of effort It is also used to describe actions or services that are insincere, deceptive, or disgracefully negligent The term “shoddy” originated in early 19th-century England
Shoddy - definition of shoddy by The Free Dictionary Define shoddy shoddy synonyms, shoddy pronunciation, shoddy translation, English dictionary definition of shoddy adj shod·di·er , shod·di·est 1 Made of or containing inferior material 2 a Of poor quality or craft b Rundown; shabby 3 Dishonest or reprehensible:
What Does Shoddy Mean Where Did It Come From? | HistoryExtra 'Shoddy', cloth made from recycled wool, was first manufactured (and probably invented) by Benjamin Law in Batley, West Yorkshire, in 1813 The process involved grinding woollen rags into a fibrous mass and mixing this with some fresh wool
SHODDY Synonyms: 187 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for SHODDY: poor, terrible, cheap, inferior, bad, rotten, coarse, mediocre; Antonyms of SHODDY: excellent, good, superior, fine, first-class, high-grade, elegant, first-rate