Meaning & use
Slapdash
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Done hastily and carelessly, without attention to detail.
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The report was clearly a slapdash job, full of errors and typos.
He painted the fence in a slapdash way, leaving streaks and gaps.
A note on using this word
Likely formed by combining 'slap' and 'dash,' both suggesting quick, forceful, and imprecise action.
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