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[ slap-dash ] / ˈslæpˌdæʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slapdash ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbin a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash. adjectivehasty and careless; offhand: a slapdash answer. Origin of slapdash1670–80; slap1 (adv.) + dash1 Words nearby slapdashslant-top, slantwise, slap, slap-bang, slap bass, slapdash, slap dashing, slap down, slaphappy, slaphead, slap in the face Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slapdashNo matter how constitutionally suspect, how costly, how slapdash, or how disappointing a grand policy might be, well, they tried. Our Lame Cult of the Presidency|James Poulos|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST To the uninitiated, it can seem all too random, slapdash, or disorienting. This Is How an Episode of Cartoon Network’s ‘Adventure Time’ Is Made|Rich Goldstein|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST For to him it was intolerable to think in a hurry, to jump to slapdash decisions, to act on instincts that could not be explained. Queen Victoria|Lytton Strachey It is too hurried and slapdash, and I may have quite different opinions after we have calmed down a bit. Friends of France|Various
There was no place here for the slapdash, smoking girl of the present day. The Dust Flower|Basil King Balzac wrote the stranger a slapdash of a letter, as he was always doing, and forgot the incident. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard It is easy in a slapdash manner to lavish sarcasms on a King who presented many tempting opportunities for satire. Lord Chatham|Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
British Dictionary definitions for slapdash
adverbin a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner adjectivecareless, hasty, or haphazard nounslapdash activity or work another name for roughcast (def. 1) Word Origin for slapdashC17: from slap + dash 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slapdashhaphazard, clumsy, hasty, heedless, improvident, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, messy, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, slipshod, sloppy |