slipshod
pronunciation
How to pronounce slipshod in British English:
UK [ˈslɪpʃɒd]
How to pronounce slipshod in American English:
US [ˈslɪpʃɑd]
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- Adjective:
- marked by great carelessness
Word Origin
- slipshod (adj.)
- 1570s, "wearing slippers or loose shoes," from slip (v.) + shod "wearing shoes." Sense of "slovenly, careless" is from 1815, probably from the notion of appearing like one in slippers, or whose shoes are down at the heels.
Example
- 1. The work was done in a slipshod manner .
- 2. I 'm not advising that you be slipshod in the areas of secondary interest .
- 3. His operating skills were hasty and slipshod , and his patients frequently suffered complications .
- 4. The appointment of officials can 't be conducted , in a slipshod manner .
- 5. The days of slipshod service are over .