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... carelesshaphazardhastysloppyslipshodperfunctory ↔ Opposites carefulmeticulousthoroughmethodical Word family Related forms slapdash Etymology AI details 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 External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown