Meaning & use
slipshod
Careless and lacking attention to detail or proper method, especially in work.
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The inspector rejected the building's slipshod wiring as a serious fire hazard.
Slipshod editing left several typos scattered across the final printed report.
A note on using this word
Slipshod almost always describes work or methods, rarely people directly, as in 'slipshod research' or 'slipshod repairs'.
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