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slapdash

[ slap-dash ]

adverb

  1. in a hasty, haphazard manner:

    He assembled the motor slapdash.



adjective

  1. hasty and careless; offhand:

    a slapdash answer.

slapdash

/ ˈæˌæʃ /

adverb

  1. in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner
“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

adjective

  1. careless, hasty, or haphazard
“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

noun

  1. slapdash activity or work
  2. another name for roughcast
“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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slapdash1

1670–80; slap 1 (adv.) + dash 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slapdash1

C17: from slap + dash 1
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Even with a performer as adept as Kidman in the lead role, the film's slapdash script only lets her do so much.

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These England teams are not lazy, though they can be slapdash.

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In the steady monotone of a public affairs officer, Lawler painted the slapdash efforts of Musk's army of teenagers and 20-somethings as a "comprehensive forensic audit."

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The second act begins to drag with slapdash vaudeville showcases that seem like sops to the performers.

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The bureau’s slapdash Kavanaugh report, merely summarizing agents’ interviews without drawing conclusions, was enough political cover for Trump and Senate Republicans to falsely claim he’d been exonerated.

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