shoddily
adverb
disapprovinguk/ˈʃɒd.əl.i/us/ˈʃɑː.dəl.i/shoddilyadverb(BADLY MADE)
in a way that iscareless, ofpoorquality, and that useslowqualitymaterials:
Theseclothesare very shoddily made.
Manybuildingsin theareaare shoddilyconstructed.
- Thegovernmenthaspromisedaninvestigationinto whether theschoolwas shoddilybuilt.
- Thebookwashurriedlyput together and shoddilyresearched.
- Thetunnelwas shoddily made andcollapsedafter just threeyears.
Informal words for bad
- badass
- bobbin
- bum
- crap
- crappy
- crash and burnidiom
- crook
- cruddy
- duff
- lousy
- not be up to muchidiom
- pappy
- piss-poor
- pisser
- shoddy
- shonky
- such as it isidiom
- super-bad
- tackiness
- tacky
shoddilyadverb(BADLY TREATED)
in a way thatinvolvestreatingsomeone withoutrespect,thought, orcare:
不尊重地，不关心地I've beentreatedvery shoddily by thecompany.公司给我的待遇很差。
Everyoneknowshe wasdealtwith shoddily by theparty.每个人都知道党并没有善待他。
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shoddy
- I have never beentreatedso shoddily before.
- The Government hasbehavedshoddily,especiallyinitstreatmentofpeoplewho took thecourses.
- Theytreattheircustomersvery shoddily whiledemandingsky-highchargesforinferiorproducts.
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominious
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified