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
- 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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