Antonyms for shoddy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : shod-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɒd i

Definition of shoddy

Origin : 1862, "having a delusive appearance of high quality," a Northern word from the American Civil War in reference to the quality of government supplies for the armies, from earlier noun meaning "rag-wool, wool made of woolen waste and old rags" (1832), perhaps a Yorkshire provincial word, of uncertain origin.
Originally used for padding, English manufacturers began making coarse wearing clothes from it, and when new it looked like broad-cloth but the gloss quickly wore off, giving the stuff a bad reputation as a cheat. The 1860 U.S. census of manufactures notes import of more than 6 million pounds of it, which was "much used in the manufacture of army and navy cloths and blankets in the United States" according to an 1865 government report.
The Days of Shoddy, as the reader will readily anticipate, are the opening months of the present war, at which time the opprobrious name first came into general use as a designation for swindling and humbug of every character; and nothing more need be said to indicate the scope of this novel. [Henry Morford, "The Days of Shoddy: A Novel of the Great Rebellion in 1861," Philadelphia, 1863]
Related: Shoddily; shoddiness.

adj in bad shape

Example sentences :

Most of the novels and non-scholastic books were of a shoddy, sensational type.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

You can tell at a glance that it is shoddy and quite unfit for wearing.
Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo

Well, if this stuff is flocks, how is shoddy made, and what does it look like?
Extract from : « Under Fire » by Frank A. Munsey

Once a year there was a distribution of cheap blankets and shoddy clothing.
Extract from : « The Indian Today » by Charles A. Eastman

When you agree to clothe the body,Expand your soul and flee from shoddy.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 » by Various

And he took the shoddy reproof and touched it into immortality.
Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster

A shambling, shoddy crew, this crowd of shoppers and labor demonstrators!
Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy

That Eton captain is cut out of whole cloth; no shoddy there, by Jove!
Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell

I may state, in passing, that it was during the Civil War that the word "shoddy" was coined.
Extract from : « As I Remember » by Marian Gouverneur

The work of this or that smith always looks rough and shoddy.
Extract from : « Life in a Railway Factory » by Alfred Williams

Synonyms for shoddy

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