Shoddy
Meaning of Shoddy
Badly made or done.
ما معنى كلمة Shoddy بالعربي؟
رديء الصنع أو الجودة
🔨💔 رديء الصنع أو الجودة؛ عمل مُتسرع وغير مُتقن؛ منتج أو خدمة لا تلتزم بالمعايير المطلوبة؛ يُشير إلى نقص في الاهتمام والدقة والحرفية، مما يُؤثر على الثقة والمصداقية 🔨💔
قصة GL: رفض العمل الرديء في منصات Genetic G Learning - عمل مُتسرع في التطوير المعرفي، الالتزام بالمعايير العالية الذي يُؤكد عليه نايف العيسى في تطوير المصفوفات ثلاثية الأبعاد ضماناً لفاعلية التدريب وجودة النتائج 🏆
Shoddy in a sentence
Shoddy work breached the contract.
GL Research rejects shoddy data.
Genetic Invent avoids shoddy products.
Genetic G Learning rejects shoddy homework.
Origin of Shoddy
Originally recycled wool; origin uncertain.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, shoddy describes poor quality. Standards are high.
Shoddy audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Shoddy" — adjective, pronounced /ˈʃɒdi/, with the stress on "shod".
Narrator: Shoddy means badly made or done, with little care.
Narrator: In plain English, shoddy means poor quality.
Narrator: It originally meant cheap cloth made from recycled wool in Yorkshire.
Narrator: A common collocation is "shoddy workmanship", which describes careless building or repairs.
Narrator: It differs from "cheap", because cheap is low in price, while shoddy is low in quality.
Narrator: In a second sense, "shoddy treatment" means unfair behaviour.
Narrator: Building, retail, consumer rights and journalism all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: shoddy is careless and poor.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why is the new shelf wonky?
Speaker B: SHODDY workmanship! It first meant cheap recycled wool.
Speaker A: Call the builder back?
Speaker B: Tomorrow.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Shoddy goods can be returned", consumer rights. "The repairs were shoddy", building. "Shoddy treatment of patients", news.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Double the "d", "shoddy".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Slapdash is its cousin, sloppy its twin, and inferior an alternative — yet shoddy keeps its careless reputation!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "shoddy" in AI prompts — useful for complaints and quality checks.
Speaker A: How for complaints?
Speaker B: Consumer rights.
Prompt: Write a complaint letter about shoddy building work citing the Consumer Rights Act.
Speaker A: And quality?
Speaker B: Checklists.
Prompt: Create a checklist to spot shoddy workmanship before paying a tradesperson.
Speaker A: Could it help reviews?
Speaker B: Yes, for tone.
Prompt: Rewrite this review about a shoddy product so it is firm but fair.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Code quality.
Prompt: Find shoddy error handling in this code and suggest fixes.
Frequently asked questions about Shoddy
What does Shoddy mean?
Badly made or done.
ما معنى كلمة Shoddy بالعربي؟
رديء الصنع أو الجودة — 🔨💔 رديء الصنع أو الجودة؛ عمل مُتسرع وغير مُتقن؛ منتج أو خدمة لا تلتزم بالمعايير المطلوبة؛ يُشير إلى نقص في الاهتمام والدقة والحرفية، مما يُؤثر على الثقة والمصداقية 🔨💔
How do you pronounce Shoddy?
Shoddy is pronounced /ˈʃɒdi/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Shoddy used in a sentence?
Shoddy work breached the contract.
What are synonyms of Shoddy?
poor-quality, inferior, second-rate, slapdash, careless, cheap.