shoddiness

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noun

The property of being shoddy.

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trashinessflimsiness
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Meanings

nounshoddiness (countable and uncountable, plural shoddinesses)

plural shoddinesses

  1. uncountableThe property of being shoddy.

    What, I wondered, is the defining characteristic of communist shoddiness? It certainly exists, for it is instantly recognizable among all the other possible forms of shoddiness.

    2012, Theodore Dalrymple, The Wilder Shores of Marx: Journeys in a Vanishing World
  2. countablerareThe result or product of being shoddy.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being cheaply imitative of something better

Similar
trashiness
Broader
worthlessnessineptitude

nounthe property of weakness by virtue of careless construction

Similar
flimsiness
Broader
weakness
Also see
cheapnessflimsinessschlockinesstrashiness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From shoddy + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

shoddiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoddiness

MLA

“shoddiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoddiness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoddiness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoddiness.

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