different between slipshod vs yielding

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)

1. 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.

2. (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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ji?ld??/
• Rhymes: -i?ld??

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?eldinge, ?eldynge, ?eldinde, ?eldand, from Old English ?yldende, ?ieldende, present participle of ?ieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield +? -ing.

Verb

yielding

1. present participle of yield

Adjective

yielding (comparative more yielding, superlative most yielding)

1. Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

Derived terms

• yieldingly
• yieldingness

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English yelding, yeldinge, ?eldynge, equivalent to yield +? -ing.

Noun

yielding (plural yieldings)

1. A concession.

Derived terms

• overyielding

Translations