shoddy - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • workmanship: Among the general, lazy, shoddy workmanship on display here, two things stand out.
  • construction: Low-quality housing and shoddy construction are often a primary cause of death and serious injury.
  • piece: It has a combined FM radio as well with shoddy ear pieces.
  • treatment: Have you ever received shoddy treatment or bad service from a Bank?
  • practice: He exposed inhumane prison conditions and shoddy building practices.
  • deal: The shoddy deal on cotton shows how much has to change at the WTO to make trade fairer for poor people.

Modifying Another Word

  • pretty: And the truth is after five years of lies and spin they are beginning to look pretty shoddy.
  • rather: Beneath a rather shoddy canopy, a pathetic looking child.
  • too: The other five tracks are none too shoddy either - a most charming offering.
  • very: However, the quality of workmanship is very shoddy.
  • so: The disk was so shoddy it had no installation routine.
  • really: Others are really shoddy in comparison to your well-designed site.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: In short Slovenia makes much of " western " Europe look shoddy!
  • seem: In fact the general look of the whole project seemed shoddy.

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