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- adverb In a
shoddy manner; lacking quality and done poorly, usually in acheap and low quality way.
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- adverb in a shoddy manner
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Examples
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At the inquiry into his death, NHS Fife was accused by the Crown of acting "shoddily" - which I suspect may yet prove the understatement of the year.
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At the inquiry into his death, NHS Fife was accused by the Crown of acting "shoddily" - which I suspect may yet prove the understatement of the year.
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Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has denied reports that labour legislation affecting labour broking and other issues was "shoddily" written.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has denied reports that labour legislation affecting labour broking and other issues was "shoddily" written.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Officer John Cooper's now hooked on prescription painkillers, and the charismatic Michael Cudlitz deserves a fresher subplot than this one, which feels like a shoddily reconstructed House.
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It appears shoddily constructed, the authors abandon half their measurement instruments without much explanation, and one of the authors just happens to be the editor of the journal in question.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics: 2010
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The BP 583-page disaster response document had been so shoddily put together that it included the telephone number of an expert on sea turtles who died in 2005 and identified saving walruses (which do not live in the Gulf!).
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Not just his statements, ideology, and conspiracy theories: the man himself is physically a shoddily made earthenware crock of steaming goat excrement.
Think Progress » Mitt Romney Claims That President Obama’s Words ‘Support’ 911 Truthers Abroad 2010
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The BP 583-page disaster response document had been so shoddily put together that it included the telephone number of an expert on sea turtles who died in 2005 and identified saving walruses (which do not live in the Gulf!).
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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My experience is that academics (nearly as much as students) think shoddily about this issue.
Should Empirics Determine the Curriculum?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
pradyumnaojha commented on the word shoddily
The latest novel from the famous author is written shoddily as opined by many.
February 18, 2013