"shoddy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʃɒdi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shoddy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shoddier [comparative], shoddiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒdi Etymology: * Unknown, but possibly from shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), equivalent to shoad + -y; or possibly from the Arabic word for reuse. Shoad was of inferior quality for building. * The modern adjectival sense was apparently derived from inexpensive shoddy (“fabric from wool-processing byproduct”), which was not really suitable for (but was sometimes still used for) things such as military uniforms at the beginning of the US Civil War. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|shoad|t=loose stone and rubble; fragments}} shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), {{suffix|en|shoad|y}} shoad + -y, {{m|en||shoddy|fabric from wool-processing byproduct}} shoddy (“fabric from wool-processing byproduct”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} shoddy (comparative shoddier, superlative shoddiest)
  1. Of poor quality or construction Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (of poor quality): долнопробен (dolnoproben) (Bulgarian), 劣等 (lièděng) (Chinese Mandarin), skod (Danish), nagemaakt (Dutch), kehno (Finnish), huonolaatuinen (Finnish), surkea (Finnish), ala-arvoinen (Finnish), kämäinen (Finnish), juosten kustu (Finnish), effiloché (French), ruín (Galician), trapalleiro (Galician), minderwertig (German), billig (German), schäbig (German), schlampig (German), φτηνός (ftinós) (Greek), κακής ποιότητας (kakís poiótitas) (Greek), scadente (Italian), 見掛け倒しの (mikakedaoshi no) (alt: みかけだおしの) (Japanese), 劣等な (rettō na) (alt: れっとうな) (Japanese), 조잡하다 (jojaphada) (Korean), scadens (Latin), malefactus (Latin), slurvet (Norwegian), slurvete (note: not about objects) (Norwegian), kiepski (Polish), lichy (Polish), marny (Polish), tandetny (Polish), partacki (Polish), ruim (Portuguese), дрянно́й (drjannój) (Russian), низкопро́бный (nizkopróbnyj) (Russian), mal hecho (Spanish), chapucero (Spanish), flojo (Spanish), burdo (Spanish), tafflig (Swedish), slarvig (Swedish), adi (Turkish), kalitesiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shoddy-en-adj-hW90iXoz Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 12 21 19 11 16 Disambiguation of 'of poor quality': 97 1 2
  2. (dated) pretentious, sham, counterfeit Tags: dated Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-shoddy-en-adj-Y~rVrDQ2 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 12 21 19 11 16
  3. (dated) ambitious by reason of newly-acquired wealth; nouveau riche Tags: dated Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-shoddy-en-adj-oS~JfOUH Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 12 21 19 11 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shoddily, shoddiness, shoddyism, shoddyite

Noun

IPA: /ʃɒdi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shoddy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shoddies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdi Etymology: * Unknown, but possibly from shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), equivalent to shoad + -y; or possibly from the Arabic word for reuse. Shoad was of inferior quality for building. * The modern adjectival sense was apparently derived from inexpensive shoddy (“fabric from wool-processing byproduct”), which was not really suitable for (but was sometimes still used for) things such as military uniforms at the beginning of the US Civil War. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|shoad|t=loose stone and rubble; fragments}} shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), {{suffix|en|shoad|y}} shoad + -y, {{m|en||shoddy|fabric from wool-processing byproduct}} shoddy (“fabric from wool-processing byproduct”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shoddy (countable and uncountable, plural shoddies)
  1. A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (low-grade cloth made from used wool or wool byproducts): Reißwolle [feminine] (German), 재생모 (jaesaengmo) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-shoddy-en-noun-TBhTKFhd Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 12 21 19 11 16 Disambiguation of 'low-grade cloth made from used wool or wool byproducts': 92 5 4
  2. (dated) Worthless goods. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-shoddy-en-noun-guLrJcuN Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 12 21 19 11 16
  3. (colloquial, dated) Vulgar pretence or sham. Tags: colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-shoddy-en-noun--Omxp8u~ Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 12 21 19 11 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shoddy fever Related terms: mungo, noil

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "surkea"
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
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          "word": "ala-arvoinen"
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          "sense": "of poor quality",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "ruín"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "of poor quality",
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "billig"
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "schäbig"
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "schlampig"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ftinós",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "φτηνός"
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          "sense": "of poor quality",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
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          "code": "la",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "of poor quality",
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "marny"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "tandetny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "partacki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "ruim"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "drjannój",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "дрянно́й"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nizkopróbnyj",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "низкопро́бный"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
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          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "mal hecho"
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          "word": "tafflig"
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          "word": "slarvig"
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
          "word": "adi"
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of poor quality",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "dolnoproben",
      "sense": "of poor quality",
      "word": "долнопробен"
    },
    {
      "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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}

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        },
        {
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        "A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool."
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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        "English dated terms"
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        "Vulgar pretence or sham."
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      ],
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        "dated",
        "uncountable"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "low-grade cloth made from used wool or wool byproducts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Reißwolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaesaengmo",
      "sense": "low-grade cloth made from used wool or wool byproducts",
      "word": "재생모"
    }
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}

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