shoddy /shodˈi/

1. Inferior and pretentious
2. Cheap and nasty
3. Sham
4. Made of shoddy
5. Badly made or executed

1. Woollen fibre obtained by shredding refuse woollen rags
2. Cloth made of it, alone or mixed
3. Anything inferior seeking to pass for better than it is

shoddˈily adverb

shoddˈiness noun

• background radiation
• background radiations
• backgrounds
• background tasks
• back-hair
• back-hairs
• backhand
• backhanded
• backhanded compliment
• back-hander
• back-handers
• backhanding
• backhands
• back-heel
• back-heeled
• back-heeling
• back-heels
• backhoe
• backhoe loader
• backhoes
• backing
• backing-down
• backings
• backing storage
• backing store