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slipshod
English
Etymology
slip + shod (“wearing shoes”), originally "wearing slippers", "slovenly" is from early 19th century.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sl?p.??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sl?p.??d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Adjective
slipshod (comparative more slipshod, superlative most slipshod)
- Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
- 1880, Mark Twain, "The Awful German Language":
- Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
- 1999 Aug. 22, Johanna McGeary, "Buried Alive," Time:
- Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
- 1880, Mark Twain, "The Awful German Language":
- (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
- 1840, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Chapter 67:
- [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.
- 1870, Bret Harte, "From a Back Window"
- That glossy, well-brushed individual, who lets himself in with a latch-key at the front door at night, is a very different being from the slipshod wretch who growls of mornings for hot water at the door of the kitchen.
- 1840, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Chapter 67:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:careless
Translations
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inaccurate
English
Etymology
From in- +? accurate. See also unaccurate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?æ.kj?.??t/
Adjective
inaccurate (comparative more inaccurate, superlative most inaccurate)
- Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
Synonyms
- incorrect
- wrong
Antonyms
- accurate
Derived terms
- inaccurateness
Translations
Italian
Adjective
inaccurate f pl
- feminine plural of inaccurato
Anagrams
- centaurica
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