See shoddy on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dolnoproben",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "долнопробен"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lièděng",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "劣等"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "skod"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "nagemaakt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "kehno"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "huonolaatuinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "surkea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "ala-arvoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "kämäinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "juosten kustu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "effiloché"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "ruín"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "trapalleiro"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "minderwertig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "billig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "schlampig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ftinós",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "φτηνός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakís poiótitas",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "κακής ποιότητας"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "scadente"
},
{
"alt": "みかけだおしの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mikakedaoshi no",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "見掛け倒しの"
},
{
"alt": "れっとうな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rettō na",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "劣等な"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jojaphada",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "조잡하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "scadens"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "malefactus"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "slurvet"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"note": "not about objects",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "slurvete"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "kiepski"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "lichy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "marny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "tandetny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "partacki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "ruim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drjannój",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "дрянно́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nizkopróbnyj",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "низкопро́бный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "mal hecho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "chapucero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "flojo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "burdo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "tafflig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "slarvig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "adi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "kalitesiz"
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"ref": "1849, “A Statistical Outline of the Present Condition & Progress of the Anglo-Saxon Race”, in The Anglo-Saxon, page 123:",
"text": "Formerly, shoddy cloth was “used only for padding, and such like purposes, but now blankets, flushings, druggets, carpets, and table covers, cloth for pilot and Petersham great” coats, &c., are either wholly or partly made of shoddy, which, in fact, is “occasionally worn by everybody. The beautiful woollen table covers are made wholly of shoddy, being printed by aqua-fortis from designs drawn in London and Manchester, and cut on holly and other blocks, on the spot.”",
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"ref": "1918, Henry J. Spooner, Wealth from Waste: Elimination of Waste A World Problem, George Routledge & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 200:",
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"ref": "1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 324:",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "low-grade cloth made from used wool or wool byproducts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Reißwolle"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jaesaengmo",
"sense": "low-grade cloth made from used wool or wool byproducts",
"word": "재생모"
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