Shoddy word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "shoddy" word
[adjective] of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
[adjective] cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
\Shod"dy\, n. [Perhaps fr. {Shed}, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shedor thrown off.] 1. A fibrous material obtained by ``deviling,'' or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See {Mungo}. 2. A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy. Note: The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army supplies in the late Civil War in the United States gave wide currency to the word, and it came to be applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in society than that to which their breeding or worth entitles them.
\Shod"dy\, a. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy. Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. --Compton Reade.
Synonyms for shoddy
cheapjack, inferior, jerry-built, tawdry, weak
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Let's analyse "shoddy" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 16.7% of vowels is 21.9% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YDDOHS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1680 milliseconds. [info]
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shoddy: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six. |
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