slapdash

American  

[slap-dash] / ˈslæpˌdæʃ /

adverb

1. in a hasty, haphazard manner.

   He assembled the motor slapdash.

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adjective

1. hasty and careless; offhand.

   a slapdash answer.

slapdash British  

/ ˈslæpˌdæʃ /

adverb

1. in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner

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adjective

1. careless, hasty, or haphazard

noun

1. slapdash activity or work

2. another name for roughcast

Etymology

Origin of slapdash

1670–80; slap ¹ (adv.) + dash ¹

Example Sentences

Root and Head elevated themselves above the rest and Michael Neser took 4-60 in an improved Australia bowling performance, but England were slapdash with the ball and Smith's dismissal was atrocious.

From BBC

In doing so, he became victim to one of the most staggering dismissals of an England batter in Test cricket, one that perfectly encapsulates the slapdash nature of their Ashes series defeat.

From BBC

The composition of these black-and-white street photographs seems slapdash, but the images work brilliantly.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Literature

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

From Salon

Related Words

• haphazard