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Synonyms for shoddy

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

second-rate cheap sub-standard flimsy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Poor — poor; low

sub-standard, poor, second-rate, inferior, lousy, bad, cheap, crummy informal, flimsy, cheap and nasty UK, chintzy, pathetic, woeful, tawdry, rubbish informal AU NZ, wretched, dirty, sleazy, trashy, spurious, sad, low

Noun

cheap-jack, schlock informal US

Antonyms

beautiful

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Poor; low.

    Do not settle for shoddy quality in your kitchen knives.

  2. n. 1

    A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.

Related words

Word family
shoddily shoddiness
Is a kind of
cloth fabric textile material matter

Forms

Plural
shoddies → cheap-jacks, schlocks…

Example sentences

  • cheap It is cheap, but on the other hand it is not good.
  • flimsy The flimsy cordon failed to keep back the protestors.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
shoddysteady
cheaprising
flimsyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bad1, low1, sad1
4 letters
poor1
5 letters
cheap1, dirty2, lousy2
6 letters
flimsy2, trashy2, sleazy2, woeful2, crummy2, tawdry2
7 letters
rubbish2, schlock1, chintzy2
8 letters
pathetic3, inferior4, wretched2, spurious3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).