shoddy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
reclaimed wool fiber
Types & categories
- wool hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
cheap and shoddy
cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob
Related & opposite
- brashness derivation
- shoddiness derivation
- inferior similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of inferior workmanship and materials
mean little jerry-built houses
Related & opposite
- flimsiness derivation
- shoddiness derivation
- weak similar to
Sense 4 adjective
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
Related & opposite
- deceptiveness derivation
- deceive derivation
- deceive derivation
- dishonest similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wool |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brashness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoddiness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flimsiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoddiness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | weak |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceptiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceive |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | dishonest |