The shelves were put up slapdash. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adverb : He assembled the motor slapdash. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : a slapdash answer. From Dictionary.com.
That kind of slapdash political gimmickry does not belong in office. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
When I don't have them around, I do a kind of slapdash version, which I will describe now. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
But that's not going to keep her original, "slapdash," study from being widely cited by the usual ranters. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Mr Norman welcomed the apology but said the way the information was given out was "slapdash" and "incompetent". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
It is marked by slapdash, panic-stricken dealmaking. From Wordnik.com. [A Bloviational Fiesta] Reference
And that first rather slapdash investigation had not been enough. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Lazy Burglar]
The frogs went hop and the toads went pop slapdash into the water. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Was a Gentleman] Reference
Do we want someone this slapdash and impulsive in the White House?. From Wordnik.com. [Second McCain Adviser Sidesteps Question About When McCain Camp Knew About Pregnancy] Reference
Admittedly, Heath Ledger's Joker make up did look rather slapdash. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Oscar Wild] Reference
The tendency here is for house-carpentering to be somewhat slapdash. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
My last day was an exhausting blur of slapdash packing and good-byes. From Wordnik.com. [Betsy Rapoport: Terminal Vacation: A Grizzled Veteran of the Publishing World Returns to the Scene of the Crime] Reference
Critics panned the movie as "" slapdash '' and "" lacking in heart. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Lizard Was A Turkey] Reference
It felt as if the efforts to gather evidence were completely slapdash. From Wordnik.com. [No wonder rapists walk] Reference
Funny James was so careful over one business and so slapdash in the other. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
“Yes, but it would be bloody and very slapdash without the proper tools.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
Local audiences have become sated by a flood of improbable, slapdash productions. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Takeout] Reference
It isn't going to win too many awards; it is simplistic, slapdash and a little goofy. From Wordnik.com. [Gekko's Little Goons: Backstage With the Real Boiler Room Boys] Reference
Second, Obama has to differentiate his solutions from John McCain's slapdash proposals. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Burnett: Obama's Oil Opportunity] Reference
The material is infuriating at times, the content inconsistent, the methodology slapdash. From Wordnik.com. [Bradley Burston: Goldstone, Israel's Frankenstein Monster] Reference
I also discovered that my slapdash homemade box had to have a drip catching pan beneath it. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Sunday's incident gives us an additional window on the slapdash way a MoDo column is assembled. From Wordnik.com. [John McQuaid: Say It Ain't So, MoDo] Reference
Though it was one of the festival's more slapdash works, it was easily one of the most haunting. From Wordnik.com. [The Films of SXSW] Reference
But he abruptly quit the campaign and gave interviews criticizing it as a slapdash organization. From Wordnik.com. [Computer Pioneer Turned Investor, Activist] Reference
I felt a surge of affection and slowed down my slapdash approach, spending some quality time on his hands. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
In its determination to stock the cupboards, Hollywood could end up with an overabundance of slapdash fare. From Wordnik.com. [Calling All The Arquettes] Reference
Has a couple of amusing sections, but I think the -- the -- the politest way to describe it would be "slapdash.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2006] Reference
TOMMY was dazzled by his new friend's specious glare and glitter, and his slapdash manner of scattering his money. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 18, 1891] Reference
I'm a writer, a painter, a slapdash housekeeper, a gardener who grows wondrous roses; my hearing is just part of the whole. From Wordnik.com. [Hearing the Sweetest Songs] Reference
These cheap-and-cheesy animations -- in all their crude and slapdash excellence -- suit their gossip fodder rather perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [VIDEO OF THE DAY: Steven Slater 'hits the chute!' on Asian TV] Reference
In particular, he says the retailer failed to profit from a slapdash 1999 merger that created the company in its present form. From Wordnik.com. [Carrefour's Makeover Plan: Become IKEA of Groceries] Reference
The country is uneasy, even queasy, because Obama and Congress seem to be dashing through an ambitious agenda in a slapdash manner. From Wordnik.com. [Frayed Nerves, Short Tempers] Reference
Some of Cahill's earlier handiwork had been toppled yet again, and he realized with embarrassment that his efforts had been slapdash. From Wordnik.com. [Coping Stones] Reference
Here is a quick slapdash recipe I promised Joel from the weekend, we ate this on Friday night with chips and onion rings, mmmm yummy!. From Wordnik.com. [tequilamonky Diary Entry] Reference
Efforts to build a post-Taliban police force have been plagued from the start by unrealistic goals, poor oversight, and slapdash hiring. From Wordnik.com. [The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight] Reference
Lacking any natural domestic inclinations whatsoever, Mim fritters away her days on passive-aggressively slapdash entertaining attempts. From Wordnik.com. [All About Her Mother] Reference
It represents a big change in the way mainstream reporters report and present their findings - with no slapdash he said, she said involved. From Wordnik.com. [As 'Truth-O-Meter' Spreads, Politicians Wince] Reference
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