slipshod

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈslɪpʃɑd/ UK /ˈslɪpʃɒd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
careless, hasty, and lacking in thoroughness

His slipshod accounting left the books in disarray.

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Synonyms

1 adj · careless, hasty, and... careless sloppy slapdash slovenly negligent haphazard

Opposites

careful meticulous tidy thorough

Word family

Related forms slip shod shoe

Etymology

A compound of slip and shod ('wearing shoes', past participle of shoe), originally meaning 'wearing slippers or loose shoes', hence slovenly.

slipper Old English

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Describing Qualities

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# slipshod

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

## Meanings
1. careless, hasty, and lacking in thoroughness

## Examples
- His slipshod accounting left the books in disarray.

## Synonyms
- careless
- sloppy
- slapdash
- slovenly
- negligent
- haphazard

## Antonyms
- careful
- meticulous
- tidy
- thorough

## Related Forms
- slip
- shod
- shoe

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: slipper

## Etymology
A compound of slip and shod ('wearing shoes', past participle of shoe), originally meaning 'wearing slippers or loose shoes', hence slovenly.

## AI Etymology
Slipshod is a compound of slip and shod ('wearing shoes', past participle of shoe), originally meaning 'wearing slippers or loose shoes', hence slovenly. The historical chain includes Old English slipper. Older glosses in the chain include "wearing shoes" and "wearing slippers or loose shoes", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, slipshod is best read as compound, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "careless, hasty, and lacking in thoroughness". related forms include slip, shod, and shoe. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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