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Definition of Slipshod
1. Adjective. Marked by great carelessness. "Sloppy workmanship"
Definition of Slipshod
1. a. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
Definition of Slipshod
1. Adjective. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slipshod
1. carelessly done or made [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slipshod
Literary usage of Slipshod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"slipshod KNOWLEDGE. IN a debate during the last agitation for Reform, ... This is
one example of many instances of the slipshod nature of public knowledge. ..."
2. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Education Association, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1887)
"slipshod teaching is certainly very deplorable, and, notwithstanding all that
... slipshod teaching cheats the pupil of his time and the opportunities of ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"be careless and slipshod, but, as a rule, nothing could be more delightful than
his style, and his references are carefully verified and weighed studiously. ..."
4. Woman's Share in Social Culture by Anna Garlin Spencer (1912)
"But this we know, the world is getting im- I all the work that is done in the
household, whether [ patient of all slipshod, inefficient work in any field, ..."
5. Readings on American Federal Government by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1909)
"slipshod LEGISLATION, 1903 WASHINGTON, April 5. — "The decadence of the art of
legislation" is the term which is applied to the tendency in the last few ..."
6. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"... \ve must remember lot to get slipshod, she caught me looking at icr flannel
blouse, or thought she did. I wasn't particularly. ..."
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