Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slipshod"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slipshod \Slip"shod`\, a.
1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
The shivering urchin bending as he goes, With
slipshod heels. --Cowper.
2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.;
slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or
loose style of writing.
Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slipshod
adj : marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of
record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling";
"sloppy workmanship" [syn: {haphazard}, {slapdash}, {sloppy}]
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