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SHODDINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoddiness mean? 

SHODDINESS (noun)
  The noun SHODDINESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being cheaply imitative of something betterplay

2. the property of weakness by virtue of careless constructionplay

  Familiarity information: SHODDINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHODDINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being cheaply imitative of something better

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

shoddiness; trashiness

Hypernyms ("shoddiness" is a kind of...):

ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)

Derivation:

shoddy (made of inferior workmanship and materials)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of weakness by virtue of careless construction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

flimsiness; shoddiness

Hypernyms ("shoddiness" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Derivation:

shoddy (made of inferior workmanship and materials)


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