in the 1860s, it meant using lousy material to make soldiers unifrms
"Shoddy" is an adjective.
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It's word origin is the Latin eboreus - creamy-white in color.
The word for "origin" in Romani is "zhanel."
The word of Saxon origin that can be translated as fort is "burh."
Shoddy rhymes with body. Shoddy means badly made or done
That book was found on the most shoddy bookcase in the store.
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The word shoddy means in bad shape. Some synonyms for it are broken down, cheap, dingy, junky, shaby, and shameful. This word usually applies to something that somebody own, like a car for example.
"Shoddy" is an adjective.
The building collapsed due to shoddy construction.
Fine, good, and nice are antonyms of shoddy.
SYNONYMS: worn, tattered, shoddy, unkempt
Shoddy the Tailor was created on 1915-01-23.