slapdash
3
7.5
- adjective
- /ˈslæpˌdæʃ/
:
descuidado
- And he's not the first to suffer the same kind of slapdash editing.
- slapdash job
- hasty and slapdash
- almost slapdash
The result is a movie of cynicism so vast and pervasive as to render the viewing experience even emptier than its slapdash aesthetic does.
- The result is a movie of cynicism so vast and pervasive as to render the viewing experience even emptier than its slapdash aesthetic does.
- These little dots, this slapdash thing would be very Dionysiac.
- There are also sort of some embarrassment about my sort of kind of slapdash, crass charisma.
Examples
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"But won't the plants be run in a slapdash and unsafe manner?"
Blog text (26) -
The tenant has made no attempt to ameliorate the situation by even the most slapdash cleaning—none!
Fiction book (2002) -
To be honest, they're quite slapdash these days.
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Kate and I did the dishes in a slapdash way and took off for the pond.
Fiction book (1993) -
The five-minute OT/shootout method is just a goofy, slapdash way to end a good game.
Blog text (23) -
The whole thing is slapdash, insulting pap with no attempt at realism or characterization.
Blog text (32) -
Time here is posed as a crumbling, collaged thing; it is hacked together, slapdash, across histories and geographies.
Academic text (2000) -
I do hope the great haste in which we're assembling this slapdash repast... ...is not gonna affect me and render me incapable... ...of appreciating good music.
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Thankfully, neither Jonah nor his intended wife remarked upon Charity's late arrival and hasty slapdash ablutions; they were too caught up in each other for that.
Fiction book (2000) -
She completed the report in a slapdash manner, missing several key details.
Synonyms
155
2.0
Untidy and done without care
63
3.9
Acting quickly without much thought or care
16
7.2
No clear order or plan and often messy
5
8.1
Made carelessly and without attention to detail
Done quickly without careful thought
Compounds
How Careless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slapdash comes from the two simple words slap and dash, where slap gives the idea of a quick hit and dash a fast move, so you can picture doing something quickly and rough. That's why slapdash means done 'carelessly' or in a hurry.