shoddiness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈʃɒd.i.nəs/us/ˈʃɑː.di.nəs/shoddinessnoun[U](POOR QUALITY)
thequalityof beingbadlyandcarelesslymade, usinglowqualitymaterials:
Chronicunderfunding,lackofrepairs, and shoddiness madeaccidentsinevitable.
Astrollaround thecitywillrevealatoncetheshabbinessand shoddiness ofitshousing.
- Parents andpoliticianshadwarnedabout the shoddiness of manyschoolbuses.
- Nervous about the shoddiness of themainschoolbuilding, hescrapedtogether $58,000 torenovateit.
- It's not the unhealthiness of thefoodthat's putting us off, butitsdownrightshoddiness.
- Somereviewersspeculatethat the shoddiness is aresultof thebookbeingpublishedbefore it wasready.
Informal words for bad
- badass
- bobbin
- bum
- crap
- crappy
- crash and burnidiom
- crook
- cruddy
- duff
- lousy
- not be up to muchidiom
- pappy
- piss-poor
- pisser
- shoddy
- shonky
- such as it isidiom
- super-bad
- tackiness
- tacky
shoddinessnoun[U](BAD TREATMENT)
thequalityofshowinglittlerespect,thought, orcarein the waypeoplearetreated:
不尊重，不关心，轻视，漠视The shoddiness of the party'srecentbehaviourhas beenstartling.该党近期的轻慢举措令人吃惊。
See
shoddy
- They say theblameliesnot with them but with shoddiness in thetraditionalnewsmedia.
- the shoddiness of themoviebusinessand thecynicismof thepeoplewhorunit
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominious
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified