noun
Meaning 1
The property of being shoddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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shoddiness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being shoddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare
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noun
Meaning 3
the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flimsiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weakness
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trashiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worthlessness, ineptitude
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English shoddy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shoddiness From shoddy + -ness.