Slipshod

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈslɪp.ʃɒd/
• US IPA: /ˈslɪp.ʃɑd/
• Rhymes: -É’d

Origin

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

Full definition of slipshod

Adjective

1. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
• 1880, Mark Twain, "":Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
• 1999, Johanna McGeary, "Buried Alive," Time, 22 Aug.:Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
2. (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
• 1840, Charles Dickens, , :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.

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