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    shoddy - Dictionary definition and meaning for word shoddy

    Definition
    (noun) reclaimed wool fiber Definition
    (adj) cheap and shoddy
    Synonyms : cheapjack , tawdry
    Example Sentence
    • cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob
    Definition
    (adj) of inferior workmanship and materials
    Synonyms : jerry-built
    Example Sentence
    • mean little jerry-built houses
    Definition
    (adj) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
    Synonyms : deceptive , misleading
    Example Sentence
    • the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
    • deliberately deceptive packaging
    • a misleading similarity
    • statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
    • shoddy business practices
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shoddy

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sounds like "showy" means in look things are good but in quality they are not good as they are made up of inferior material

Shoddy - take this as Show + Body, Hot women usually show their body when they intend to mislead or deceive men.

He is shady and sells shoddy goods.

shoddy..sounds like noddy..and noddy is made of wood which is an inferior material...

shoddy ==badly and carelessly made, using low quality materials: "shoddy goods" mnemonic === remember cricketer ritender singh sodhi===a poor quality criketer...

think toddy .. its inferior quality of liquor.

SHODDY is BADLY made or done.

shoddy material doesn't suit the body

sho+oddy—to show odd(oddy) things, odd things are usually of poor quality and made badely

SHOWING+BODY = showing body is bad quality (especially women)

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