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SHODDY (shoddier, shoddiest)

Pronunciation (US):

• SHODDY (noun)
The noun SHODDY has 1 sense:

1. reclaimed wool fiber

Familiarity information: SHODDY used as a noun is very rare.

• SHODDY (adjective)
The adjective SHODDY has 3 senses:

1. cheap and shoddy
2. of inferior workmanship and materials
3. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

Familiarity information: SHODDY used as an adjective is uncommon.

• SHODDY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Reclaimed wool fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("shoddy" is a kind of...):

wool (fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving)

• SHODDY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cheap and shoddy

Synonyms:

cheapjack; shoddy; tawdry

Context example:

cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob

Similar:

inferior (of low or inferior quality)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Of inferior workmanship and materials

Synonyms:

jerry-built; shoddy

Context example:

mean little jerry-built houses

Similar:

weak (having little physical or spiritual strength)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

Synonyms:

misleading; deceptive; shoddy

Context examples:

the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm / deliberately deceptive packaging / a misleading similarity / statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading / shoddy business practices

Similar:

dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)

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Useful links:
Pronunciation of inferior
Definition of dishonorable
Pronunciation of wool
Definition of weak
Pronunciation of dishonest

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