shoddy

shoddy
n
1. imitation, imposter, dummy, pinchbeck, junk, plastic, tinsel, tickytacky, brummagem, bastard, whited or painted sepulcher; sham, deception, hoax, mockery, mock, make-believe, Inf. put-on, Inf. whitewash job; forgery, counterfeit, spurious article, fraud, Inf. fake, Inf. phony; cheat, swindle, Inf. flam, Inf. flimflam, Sl. rip-off, Sl. gyp, Sl. sell.
2. pretense, pretension, false pretense, simulation, dissimulation, dissemblance, dissembling, feigning; hypocrisy, insincerity, mere show, bluff, false front or appearance, facade, Inf. front, quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry; claptrap, humbug, hum-buggery, cant, bunkum, Sl. bunk, moonshine, eyewash, hogwash, Inf. bosh, Inf. gammon, Sl. hooey, Sl. hoke or hokum, Sl. bull, Sl. baloney; deceit, dishonesty, fraudulence, fraudulency, Inf. fakery; trick, artifice, stratagem, deception, disguise.
adj
3. imitation, artificial, sham, mock, pinchbeck, brummagem, bastard, quasi, pseudo, feigned, simulated, pretended; plastic, tawdry, tinsel, Sl. tickytacky; meretricious, pretentious, showy, gaudy, flashy, flash; deceptive, tricky, specious, misleading, colorable, sophisticated, sophisticate; spurious, bogus, counterfeit, illegitimate, forged, false, fraudulent, fictitious, trumped-up, Inf. fake, Inf. phony.

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  • Shoddy — Shod dy, a. 1. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy. [1913 Webster] Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shoddy — [shäd′ē] n. pl. shoddies [19th c. < ?] 1. a) an inferior woolen yarn made from fibers taken from used fabrics and reprocessed b) cheap woolen cloth made from this 2. anything of less worth or quality than it seems to have; esp., an inferior… …   English World dictionary

  • Shoddy — Shod dy, n. [Perhaps fr. {Shed}, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off; cf. dial. shod to shed, and E. {Shed} a parting, separation, {Shode} a parting.] 1. A fibrous material obtained by deviling, or tearing into fibers,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shoddy — s.n. Material fibros obţinut prin destrămarea resturilor de fire şi de ţesături de lână, folosit ca amestec în filatura de lână cardată. [pr.: şódi] cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 22.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  SHODDY [ŞODI] s. n. material… …   Dicționar Român

  • Shoddy — (Kunstwolle, Mungo), Wolle aus gereinigten Wollumpen, dient zur Herstellung wenig haltbarer Gewebe; s.a. Seidenshoddy, S. 44 …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Shoddy — (engl., spr. scho ), eine Art Kunstwolle (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • shoddy — index inferior (lower in quality), poor (inferior in quality), tawdry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • shoddy — 1862, having a delusive appearance of high quality, from earlier noun meaning wool made of woolen waste, old rags, etc. (1832), of uncertain origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • shoddy — [adj] in bad shape base, broken down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, junky, makeshift, mean, not up to snuff*, paltry, plastic, poor,… …   New thesaurus

  • shoddy — ► ADJECTIVE (shoddier, shoddiest) 1) badly made or done. 2) lacking moral principle; sordid. ► NOUN ▪ an inferior yarn or fabric made from shredded woollen waste. DERIVATIVES shoddily adverb shoddiness …   English terms dictionary

  • shoddy — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1832 1. a. a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo b. a fabric often of inferior quality manufactured wholly or partly from reclaimed wool… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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