adj., -di·er, -di·est.

1. Made of or containing inferior material.
2. 1. Of poor quality or craft.
   2. Rundown; shabby.
3. Dishonest or reprehensible: shoddy business practices.
4. Conspicuously and cheaply imitative.

n., pl. -dies.

1. 1. Woolen yarn made from scraps or used clothing, with some new wool added.
   2. Cloth made from or containing such yarn.
2. Something of inferior quality; a cheap imitation.

[Origin unknown.]

shoddily shod'di·ly adv.
shoddiness shod'di·ness n.

adjective

1. Of decidedly inferior quality: base², cheap, lousy, miserable, paltry, poor, rotten, sleazy, trashy. Informal cheesy. Slang crummy, schlocky. See good/bad.
2. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky². Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.

adj

Definition: in bad shape
Antonyms: fine, good, nice, well-made

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IN BRIEF: Not well made, a poor imitation.

My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies. — Mark Twain (1835-1910), American humorist, writer and lecturer.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tarvelig, ussel, sølle, luset
n. - kradsuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
inferieur, imitatie-, minderwaardig, scheurwol, product van scheurwol, inferieur product

Français (French)
adj. - mesquin, mal fait, de mauvaise qualité
n. - gros drap

Deutsch (German)
adj. - minderwertig
n. - Reißwolle

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ξεφτισμένος, παρακατιανός, φτηνιάρικος, κουρελιάρικος
n. - (νήμα για) κουρελού

Italiano (Italian)
scadente, cascame

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de má qualidade

Русский (Russian)
шодди(ткань), регенерированный каучук, дешевка, претенциозность, человек с большими претензиями, сделанный из шодди, некачественый, притворный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - regenerado, de pacotilla, de mala calidad
n. - lana regenerada, paño burdo de lana, imitación, ostentación vulgar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - falsk, tarvlig, lumpen, sjabbig, sjaskig, dålig, usel
n. - smörja, skräp, fuskverk, skoj, tarvlighet, konstull, schoddy

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
劣等的, 假冒的, 翻造的毛线, 伪造品, 不值钱的东西

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 劣等的, 假冒的
n. - 翻造的毛線, 偽造品, 不值錢的東西

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 재생한 모직의, 겉만 그럴 듯한, 가짜의
n. - 재생한 털실, 가짜, 허물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ショディ, 見せかけ, まがい物, まやかし物
adj. - 品質の悪い, 見かけ倒しの, 卑しい, ショディ製の, まやかしの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مصنوع على عجل, رديء ألنوع (الاسم) صوف رديء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זול, דל-איכות, מזוייף, שפל‬
n. - ‮אריג זול, בגד מצמר משומש‬

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