Need another word that means the same as “shoddy”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “shoddy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Shoddy” are: dirty, sordid, cheapjack, tawdry, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, trashy, gimcrack, jerry-built, crude, tinny, careless, slapdash, sloppy, slipshod, scrappy, untidy, messy, hasty, hurried, negligent, cursory, improper, low, mean, bad, wrong, evil, wicked, iniquitous, immoral, sinful
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shoddy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. I feel bad that our business is benefiting from something so horrible. |
| careless | Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors. Careless of the consequences. |
| cheap | Miserly. A cheap restaurant. |
| cheapjack | Cheap and shoddy- Judith Crist. A cheapjack vehicle. |
| crude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. Crude oil. |
| cursory | Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. A casual or cursory inspection failed to reveal the house s structural flaws. |
| evil | Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. We were driven out of the house by an evil spirit. |
| gimcrack | Tastelessly showy. Plastic gimcrack cookware. |
| hasty | Done with very great haste and without due deliberation. Don t be too hasty in criticizing a colleague. |
| hurried | Done in a hurry; rushed. A hurried job. |
| immoral | Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong. Unseemly and immoral behaviour. |
| improper | Not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty. An improper suggestion. |
| inferior | Of low or inferior quality. Inferior alveolar artery. |
| iniquitous | Characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin. An iniquitous tax. |
| jerry-built | Of inferior workmanship and materials. |
| low | Of a river or lake below the usual water level. Brought low. |
| low-grade | Of inferior quality. |
| mean | Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. In a mean mood. |
| messy | Untidy or dirty. A messy divorce. |
| negligent | Failing to take proper care over something. Negligent of detail. |
| scrappy | Full of fighting spirit. He had a scrappy New York temperament. |
| second-rate | Moderate to inferior in quality. |
| sinful | Far more than usual or expected. A sinful way of life. |
| slapdash | Done too hurriedly and carelessly. He gave a slapdash performance. |
| slipshod | Marked by great carelessness. He d caused many problems with his slipshod management. |
| sloppy | Wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material. Sloppy habits. |
| sordid | Meanly avaricious and mercenary. The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading. |
| third-rate | Of lesser quality than second-rate. |
| tinny | Of or containing tin. I m what you might call tinny. |
| untidy | Not arranged neatly and in order. She was chronically untidy and her clothes lay where she had dropped them. |
| wicked | Having committed unrighteous acts. A wicked and unscrupulous politician. |
| wrong | Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion. Your information is wrong. |
| abject | Of the most contemptible kind. An abject apology. |
| ambidextrous | Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. An ambidextrous surgeon. |
| cheap | Deserving contempt. A house that was going cheap because of the war. |
| contemptible | Deserving contempt; despicable. A display of contemptible cowardice. |
| degraded | Reduced in quality; inferior. It will grow successfully even on degraded land. |
| degrading | Used of conduct; characterized by dishonor. The prisoners were subjected to cruel and degrading treatment. |
| deplorable | Bad; unfortunate. Children living in deplorable conditions. |
| despicable | Morally reprehensible. Would do something as despicable as murder. |
| disadvantaged | Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences. We began to help the disadvantaged. |
| disgraced | Having fallen from favour or a position of power or honour; discredited. The disgraced city financier. |
| disgraceful | Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation. It is disgraceful that they should be denied unemployment benefits. |
| dishonorable | Lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor. Dishonorable in thought and deed. |
| frugal | Sparing or economical as regards money or food. A frugal lunch. |
| garish | Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. Garish colors. |
| gaudy | Marked by conspicuous display. A gaudy costume. |
| humiliating | Causing awareness of your shortcomings. A humiliating defeat. |
| ignoble | Not of the nobility. Ignoble feelings of intense jealousy. |
| ignominious | Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. No other party risked ignominious defeat. |
| inglorious | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. An inglorious episode in British imperial history. |
| meagerly | To a meager degree or in a meager manner. These voices are meagerly represented at the conference. |
| meretricious | Like or relating to a prostitute. A meretricious yet stylish book. |
| offensive | Morally offensive. Offensive odors. |
| opprobrious | Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson. Opprobrious remarks. |
| poor | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. They lived in the poor section of town. |
| reprehensible | Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. His complacency and reprehensible laxity. |
| shameful | Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation. The wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt. |
| tacky | (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch. The paint was still tacky. |
| untrustworthy | Not worthy of trust or belief. An untrustworthy person. |
| weak | Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. A weak president. |
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