slapdash

[slap-dash]

adverb

1. in a hasty, haphazard manner.

   He assembled the motor slapdash.

adjective

1. hasty and careless; offhand.

   a slapdash answer.

slapdash

/ ˈslæpˌdæʃ /

adverb

1. in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner

adjective

1. careless, hasty, or haphazard

noun

1. slapdash activity or work

2. another name for roughcast

Word History and Origins

Origin of slapdash¹

1670–80; slap ¹ (adv.) + dash ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of slapdash¹

C17: from _slap + _dash ¹

Example Sentences

Even through a coat of grime the slapdash quality of the paintings was evident, with their stiff, awkwardly posed figures and dizzying parade of symbols.

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District Judge Mary McElroy temporarily halted the changes, calling them “slapdash” and legally questionable.

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The slapdash apology videos made Deen into a joke, one she tried to get in front of during that “Today Show” appearance, only to make matters worse.

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District Court in Boston, that had blocked the administration’s slapdash deportations while legal challenges wend through the courts.

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Bob’s main instrument of choice these days is a grand piano, and sometimes his execution on that is masterful, and other times it feels a little slapdash.

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Related Words

• haphazard