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- Dictionaryslipshod/ˈslɪpʃɒd/
adjective
- 1. characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization: "he'd caused many problems with his slipshod management"
- 2. (of shoes) worn down at the heel: archaic "his slipshod heels"
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SLIPSHOD definition: 1. (especially of a piece of work) showing little care, effort, or attention: 2. (especially of a…. Learn more.
The meaning of SLIPSHOD is wearing loose shoes or slippers. How to use slipshod in a sentence. Did you know?
SLIPSHOD meaning: 1. (especially of a piece of work) showing little care, effort, or attention: 2. (especially of a…. Learn more.
Slipshod definition: careless, untidy, or slovenly. See examples of SLIPSHOD used in a sentence.
When someone does something in a slipshod manner, they do it in a way that's careless and sloppy — that isn't right. An easy way to remember the meaning of slipshod is to note that "shod" is part of "shoddy," another word for slipshod.
If something is slipshod, it has been done in a careless way. The hotel had always been run in a slipshod way. Synonyms: careless , sloppy [ informal ] , loose , slapdash More Synonyms of slipshod
Definition of slipshod adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the adjective slipshod is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for slipshod is from 1580, in the writing of John Lyly, writer and playwright. slipshod is formed within English, by compounding.
Slipshod definition: careless, untidy, or slovenly. See examples of SLIPSHOD used in a sentence.
1. a. Carelessly done or arranged: slipshod research. b. Careless or negligent: "Precise sentences were my ideals, though in practice I was slipshod and sentimental" (Wayne Koestenbaum). See Synonyms at sloppy. 2. Archaic Wearing shoes with the heel worn down. slip′shod′di·ness n.
