shoddyshod‧dy /ˈʃɒdi $ ˈʃɑːdi/ adjective 
We’re not paying good money for shoddy goods.2unfair and dishonest: shoddy journalism—shoddily adverb—shoddiness noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINshoddy
Origin:
1800-1900 shoddy ‘cloth made from reused wool’ (19-20 centuries)EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- shoddy workmanship
- You have a right to return any shoddy goods you might buy.
- After being ground down by a rude customer and an unsympathetic boss, they might give shoddy service to good customers.
- It should not be difficult to distinguish between the genuine work and the more shoddy effects produced by lithographic reproduction.
- That change occurred because many builders and contractors were sued by homeowners' associations over shoddy construction practices.
- The shoddy performance of the networks and cable news channels is indefensible.
- The shoddy state of schools sums it up: Britain is getting left behind.
- The repairs, however, were shoddy.
- The telly faded, the shoddy oilcloth vanished, the beautiful sunshine we were missing was forgotten.
Longman Language Activatorproducts that are badly made or of bad quality
poor quality products have been made badly: · Poor quality housing often leads to health problems.be of poor quality: · Investigators believe the bridge collapsed because the concrete was of poor quality.
low-quality products have been made badly: · It's not worth building with low-quality materials just to save money.· The company wants to change its image as a producer of low-cost, low-quality clothes.
made without care or skill: · Her clothes looked cheap and badly made.
cheap furniture, jewellery, clothes etc look unattractive and badly made, and seem to have been produced using low quality materials: · The room was depressing, with dim light and cheap furniture.· Hungry-looking men in cheap suits hung around the streets all day.
badly and cheaply made, using low quality materials: · You have a right to return any shoddy goods you might buy.shoddily made: · Police officials blamed the deaths on the shoddily made apartment building.
inferior products are not as good as other similar ones because they have been cheaply and badly made: · Consumers buy foreign goods because they believe that British-made goods are inferior.· I want the best -- I don't want some inferior model that's going to break down the first time I use it.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We’re not paying good money for shoddy goods.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1made or done cheaply or carelesslyshoddy goods/service/workmanship etc We’re not paying good money for shoddy goods.· Why should people get rich from selling shoddy goods, causing us and our pets distress and even death.
· All tenants must be protected against noise, nuisance, harassment and shoddy service.· After being ground down by a rude customer and an unsympathetic boss, they might give shoddy service to good customers.· The same applies in the case of shoddy service, damaged products, faded displays and components that don't fit.· All too often, Labour-controlled councils provide shoddy services at far too high a cost.· We will not tolerate shoddy service, inefficiency or waste.· Victor was tormented by things that try us all-council bureaucrats, sloppy workmen, shoddy service.
· Blame for shoddy work is frequent.· The price we paid as a nation for shoddy work and labor / management conflict was enormous.· On a smallholding there is no room for shoddy work.
We’re not paying good money for shoddy goods.2unfair and dishonest: shoddy journalism—shoddily adverb—shoddiness noun [uncountable]