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    SHODDY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: shoddier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, shoddiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Reclaimed wool fiberplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("shoddy" is a kind of...):

    wool (fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving)

     II. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: shoddier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: shoddiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Unethical or dishonestplay

    Example:

    shoddy business practices

    Synonyms:

    dirty; shoddy; sordid

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    corrupt (lacking in integrity)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Made of inferior workmanship and materialsplay

    Example:

    cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob

    Synonyms:

    cheapjack; shoddy; tawdry

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    inferior (of low or inferior quality)

    Derivation:

    shoddiness (the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction)

    shoddiness (the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better)

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