shod|dy

shod|dy
shod|dy «SHOD ee», adjective, -di|er, -di|est, noun, plural -dies.
–adj.
1. pretending to be better than it is; of inferior quality; poorly made or designed: »

a shoddy necklace, shoddy merchandise. It [painting] was all false, insincere, shoddy (W. Somerset Maugham).

2. mean; shabby: »

shoddy treatment, a shoddy trick.

3. made of woolen waste.
–n.
1. anything inferior made to look like what is better; pretense, sham: »

They have no taste for the shoddy in art.

2. a) an inferior kind of wool made of woolen waste, old rags, yarn, etc. b) a cloth made of woolen waste and some new wool.
[origin uncertain]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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