Shoddy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

reclaimed wool fiber

cheap and shoddy; - Judith Crist

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃˈɑːdi/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃˈɒdi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃˈɒdi/

2 syllables Say it as /ʃˈɑːdi/.

Examples

cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob
mean little jerry-built houses
the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tawdry jerry-built deceptive misleading cheapjack

Parts of Speech

noun	reclaimed wool fiber
adjective	cheap and shoddy; - Judith Crist “cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob”
adjective	of inferior workmanship and materials “mean little jerry-built houses”
adjective	designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently “the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm”

Word Forms

shoddiness	noun	the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
tawdriness	noun	tasteless showiness
deceive	verb	be false to; be dishonest with
deceptiveness	noun	the quality of being deceptive

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

de mauvaise qualité

fibre de laine récupérée

🇪🇸Spanish

pacotilla

fibra de lana recuperada

🇮🇹Italian

scadente

fibra di lana rigenerata

🇳🇱Dutch

slordig

teruggewonnen wolvezels

🇵🇹Portuguese

de má qualidade

fibra de lã recuperada

🇷🇺Russian

дрянной

вторичное шерстяное волокно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तुच्छ

पुनः प्राप्त ऊनी रेशा

🇧🇩Bengali

কম

পুনরুদ্ধার করা উলের ফাইবার

🇮🇳Tamil

தரமற்ற

மீட்டெடுக்கப்பட்ட கம்பளி இழை

🇮🇳Telugu

నాసిరకం

తిరిగి పొందిన ఉన్ని ఫైబర్

🇮🇳Marathi

निकृष्ट

पुन्हा दावा केलेला लोकर फायबर

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખરાબ

પુનઃપ્રાપ્ત ઊન ફાઇબર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಳಪೆ

ಪುನಃ ಪಡೆದ ಉಣ್ಣೆಯ ನಾರು

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിലവാരമില്ലാത്ത

വീണ്ടെടുത്ത കമ്പിളി നാരുകൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘਟੀਆ

ਮੁੜ-ਦਾਵਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਉੱਨ ਫਾਈਬਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناقص

دوبارہ دعوی شدہ اون فائبر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

劣质的

再生羊毛纤维

🇯🇵Japanese

粗末な

再生ウール繊維

🇰🇷Korean

재생 모직물

재생 양모 섬유

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kém chất lượng

sợi len tái chế

🇹🇭Thai

กระจอก

เส้นใยขนสัตว์รีเคลม

🇮🇩Indonesian

jelek

serat wol yang direklamasi

🇵🇭Filipino

kawawa

na-reclaim na hibla ng lana

🇲🇾Malay

kurang baik

gentian bulu tebus guna

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير المطابقة للمواصفات

ألياف الصوف المستصلحة

🇮🇷Persian

بی کیفیت

الیاف پشم احیا شده

🇹🇷Turkish

kalitesiz

geri kazanılmış yün elyafı

🇮🇱Hebrew

זוֹל

סיבי צמר משוחזרים

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