shoddy

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.