slapdash

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈslæpˌdæʃ/ UK /ˈslæpdæʃ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
done hastily and carelessly; haphazard

The report was a slapdash effort full of obvious errors.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · done hastily and... careless haphazard hasty sloppy slipshod perfunctory

Opposites

careful meticulous thorough methodical

Word family

Related forms slap dash

Etymology

A reduplicative compound of the imitative words slap and dash, evoking something done with a slap and a dash, i.e. hastily.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# slapdash

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈslæpˌdæʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈslæpdæʃ/

## Meanings
1. done hastily and carelessly; haphazard

## Examples
- The report was a slapdash effort full of obvious errors.

## Synonyms
- careless
- haphazard
- hasty
- sloppy
- slipshod
- perfunctory

## Antonyms
- careful
- meticulous
- thorough
- methodical

## Related Forms
- slap
- dash

## Etymology
A reduplicative compound of the imitative words slap and dash, evoking something done with a slap and a dash, i.e. hastily.

## AI Etymology
Slapdash is a reduplicative compound of the imitative words slap and dash, evoking something done with a slap and a dash, i.e. hastily. The formation is best read as compound: the word slapdash carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "done hastily and carelessly; haphazard". Related English forms include slap and dash. The result is a adj and adv whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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