shoddy
adjective (NOT RESPECTFUL) /ˈʃɒd.i/
/ˈʃɑː.di/ disapprovingDefinition
› showing little respect, thought, or care: They refused him sick pay when he was off ill, which is a shoddy way to treat an employee.Humiliating and degrading shoddily /ˈʃɒd.ɪ.li/
/ˈʃɑː.dɪ-/ adverb › These clothes are very shoddily made. I've been treated very shoddily by the company.Humiliating and degradingInformal words for badRubbish and wasteSerious and unpleasantNot of good quality shoddiness /-nəs/
/ˈʃɑː.di-/ noun [U]
/ˈʃɑː.dɪ-/ adverb › These clothes are very shoddily made. I've been treated very shoddily by the company.Humiliating and degradingInformal words for badRubbish and wasteSerious and unpleasantNot of good quality shoddiness /-nəs/
/ˈʃɑː.di-/ noun [U] (Definition of shoddy adjective (NOT RESPECTFUL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abase verb
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate verb (WEAKEN)
- discredit noun
- discredit verb
- disgrace noun
- disgrace verb
- dishonour noun
- humiliated adjective
- humiliating adjective
- ignoble adjective
- ignominious adjective
- ignominy noun
- reflect on sb/sth phrasal verb
- ruin noun
- shameful adjective
- stoop to sth phrasal verb
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