Antonyms for slipshod

Grammar : Adj

Spell : slip-shod

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɪpˌʃɒd

Definition of slipshod

Origin : 1570s, "wearing slippers or loose shoes," from slip (v.) + shod "wearing shoes." Sense of "slovenly, careless" is from 1815, probably from the notion of appearing like one in slippers, or whose shoes are down at the heels.

adj careless; not well done

Example sentences :

In Paris, the slipshod condition of the army had been publicly denounced.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

Sick of slipshod morality, men were sending for their wives and children.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

The slipshod Russian way of handling things gets on his nerves.
Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce

It's a job that cannot be done in slipshod, haphazard manner.
Extract from : « Medal of Honor » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

Nothing must be sloven or slipshod; every door, every fence, must be kept in repair.
Extract from : « Up From Slavery: An Autobiography » by Booker T. Washington

It is "that blessed word Mesopotamia" of the slipshod diagnostician.
Extract from : « Preventable Diseases » by Woods Hutchinson

They were far too slipshod in their methods of holding prisoners.
Extract from : « The Adventures of a Boy Reporter » by Harry Steele Morrison

It is slipshod spinning which is at the bottom of this difficulty.
Extract from : « The Wheel of Fortune » by Mahatma Gandhi

Pete Whitney's clothing was slipshod, but that alone did not give him the air he had.
Extract from : « Trading Jeff and his Dog » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

In our talk we are reticent; in our writing we are incoherent and slipshod.
Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various

Synonyms for slipshod

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