SLIPSHOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slipshod mean? 

• SLIPSHOD (adjective)
  The adjective SLIPSHOD has 1 sense:

1. marked by great carelessness

  Familiarity information: SLIPSHOD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIPSHOD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by great carelessness

Synonyms:

haphazard; slapdash; slipshod; sloppy

Context example:

sloppy workmanship

Similar:

careless (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful)

 Context examples 

When driven with his mates to the new owners’ camp, Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed, everything in disorder; also, he saw a woman.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

This education is indispensable for whatever career you select, and it must not be slipshod or sketchy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A regular German—rather stout, with brown hair tumbled all over his head, a bushy beard, good nose, the kindest eyes I ever saw, and a splendid big voice that does one's ears good, after our sharp or slipshod American gabble.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)