Vocabulary
Shoddy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
badly made or done.
Urdu meaning
مصنوعی، بناوٹی، گمراہ کن
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- And yet, the conversation about encroachments for us begins and ends with images of a shoddy hotel falling into a river in the north of the country.
- Apparently, most of it is due to lazy prosecution, though in many cases hardworking judges don`t let shoddy work get in their way.
- The shoddy math applied to indiscriminately penalise its trading partners means that even the poorest nations have been slapped with steep tariffs just because the US buys more from them than they can afford to buy from the US.
- EPEAT incidents of security failures and the shoddy regulation of India`s nuclear sector have earned our eastern neighbour`s `Radioactive Bazaar` a worldwide reputation.
- EPEAT incidents of security failures and the shoddy regulation of India`s nuclear sector have earned our eastern neighbour`s `Radioactive Bazaar` a worldwide reputation.
Synonyms
poor-quality, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry, trashy
Antonyms
well made, careful
Curator example
“we’re not paying good money for shoddy goods”
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