slipshod: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Aug. 9, 2014

slipshod \SLIP-shod\ adjective 1. careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work. 2. down-at-heel; seedy; shabby. Quotes … Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly a... See full quote -- Jack London, The Call of the Wild, 1903 Origin Slipshod is formed with the verb sense of slip "to m... See full origin

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