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  • noun The quality of being slipshod.

Etymologies

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slipshod +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The California congressman says "such slipshodness has all the makings of a cover-up" and is demanding to know whom Mr. Gibbs talked to and why the conversations weren't considered "problematic."

    This Admiral's Not for Sale Allysia Finley 2010

  • The California congressman says "such slipshodness has all the makings of a cover-up" and is demanding to know whom Mr. Gibbs talked to and why the conversations weren't considered "problematic."

    This Admiral's Not for Sale Allysia Finley 2010

  • The California congressman says "such slipshodness has all the makings of a cover-up" and is demanding to know whom Mr. Gibbs talked to and why the conversations weren't considered "problematic."

    This Admiral's Not for Sale Allysia Finley 2010

  • Marked incivility and slipshodness among the staff.

    Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940

  • Negligence, according to St. Thomas, is initially at least a lack of promptness of will, and is quite distinguishable from torpor or slipshodness in execution.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • Carelessness, slipshodness, lack of thoroughness, are crimes against self, against humanity, that often do more harm than the crimes that make the perpetrator an outcast from society.

    Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887

  • "Such slipshodness has all the makings of a cover-up."

    Latest Articles CNSNews.com 2010

  • India seems to be very erratic - excellence and slipshodness side by side.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

  • Remind her how she failed to garner all the necessary facts from me, how she treated my case like an addendum to her ultra-busy life, how she failed to instruct my barrister until ten minutes before the hearing and I don’t care if he was a last minute substitute – she could have found a replacement last night, and how she was now trying to blame me for her complete slipshodness.

    A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003

  • Remind her how she failed to garner all the necessary facts from me, how she treated my case like an addendum to her ultra-busy life, how she failed to instruct my barrister until ten minutes before the hearing and I don’t care if he was a last minute substitute – she could have found a replacement last night, and how she was now trying to blame me for her complete slipshodness.

    A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003

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