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shoddy - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: shoddy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: in bad shape
Synonyms: base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, makeshift, mean, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy*, second-rate*, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, discreditable, junky, not up to snuff, unrespectable
Antonyms: fine, good, nice
Main Entry: crappy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: poor
Synonyms: cheap, inferior, lousy, shoddy, trashy, useless, worthless, junky, sub-par
Main Entry: disgraceful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shameful, low
Synonyms: blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shocking, shoddy, unworthy, discreditable, unrespectable
Antonyms: exalted, honorable, respectable
Main Entry: disreputable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dishonorable, lowly
Synonyms: abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, mean, notorious, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sordid, sorry, unprincipled, vicious, vile, discreditable, in bad, in low esteem, in the doghouse, no good, pitiable, scurvy
Antonyms: decent, ethical, honorable, reputable, respected, principled
Main Entry: grungy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dirty and unkempt
Synonyms: dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, flimsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, vile, wretched, cruddy, scummy, scuzzy, unwashed
Main Entry: jerry-built
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flimsy
Synonyms: cheap, defective, insubstantial, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky
Notes: jerry-built means of inferior workmanship and materials, while jury-rigged means done or made using whatever is available
Main Entry: lousy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very bad
Synonyms: awful, base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, execrable, faulty, harmful, hateful, horrible, inferior, low, mean, miserable, outrageous, poor, rotten, second-rate*, shoddy, slovenly, terrible, unpopular, unwelcome, vicious, vile, disliked, no good
Antonyms: good, great, magnificent, wonderful
Main Entry: mangy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: scruffy
Synonyms: decrepit, dirty, impoverished, indigent, mean, moth-eaten*, poor, shabby, shoddy, sick, sleazy*, squalid, tattered, ragtag
Antonyms: neat, kempt
Main Entry: paltry
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: poor; worthless
Synonyms: base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, despicable, ineffectual, insignificant, limited, low, meager, mean, measly, minor, miserable, narrow, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, puny, set, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, slight, small, sorry*, trashy, trifling, trivial, unimportant, vile, wretched, derisory, inconsiderable, low-down*, unconsequential
Antonyms: important, rich, significant, substantial, wealthy, worthy
Main Entry: ragged
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worn-out; in shreds
Synonyms: broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, poor, rent, rough, rugged, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, patched, poorly made, scraggy, shredded, tatty, unpressed, worse for wear
Antonyms: even, new, smooth, kempt
Main Entry: second-rate/second-class
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inferior, cheap
Synonyms: common, commonplace, hack*, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry, cheap and dirty, déclassé, low-grade, low-quality
Antonyms: excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, superior, wonderful
Main Entry: sleazy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disreputable
Synonyms: base, broken-down, cheap, common, dilapidated, flimsy, limp, low, mean, paltry, poor, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sordid, squalid, tacky*, trashy, unsubstantial
Antonyms: fine, good, nice, reputable, respectable
Main Entry: slipshod
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careless; not well done
Synonyms: bedraggled, disheveled, faulty, fly-by-night*, haphazard, imperfect, inaccurate, inexact, loose, messy, neglected, negligent, raunchy, scruffy*, shabby*, shoddy*, slapdash*, sloppy, slovenly, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, untidy, botched, fouled-up, junky, messed-up, screwed-up, scrubby, unmeticulous, unsystematic, unthorough
Antonyms: careful, neat, polished, refined, well-done
Main Entry: squalid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: poor, run-down
Synonyms: abominable, base, broken-down, decayed, despicable, dingy, dirty, disgusting, disheveled, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, gruesome, horrible, ignoble, impure, low, mean, moldy, muddy, musty, nasty, odorous, offensive, poverty-stricken, ramshackle, repellent, repulsive, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, sordid, ugly, unclean, unkempt, vile, wretched, horrid, miry, reeking, scurvy
Antonyms: clean, good, rich, kept-up
Main Entry: substandard
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inferior
Synonyms: bad, base, below average, below par, cheap, inadequate, junk*, lemon*, lousy, poor, second-rate, shoddy, unacceptable, below standard, low-grade, subpar
Main Entry: tacky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cheap, tasteless
Synonyms: broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, faded, frumpy*, gaudy, inelegant, mangy*, messy, nasty*, out-of-date, outmoded, poky*, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unsuitable, untidy, vulgar, down-at-heel, unstylish
Antonyms: classy, expensive, tasteful
Main Entry: tattered
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shredded
Synonyms: broken, dilapidated, moth-eaten, rugged, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, poorly made, ripped, scraggy, torn to pieces
Main Entry: trashy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worthless
Synonyms: abandoned, barren, bogus, cheap, cheesy, crappy*, crummy*, despicable, empty, flimsy, garbage, good-for-nothing*, grungy, inferior, lousy, ratty, raunchy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry, useless, valueless, cruddy, junky, low in quality, no-good
Main Entry: two-bit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cheap, worth very little
Synonyms: base, cheesy, crappy*, garbage, gaudy, inferior, lousy, piddling, poor, ratty, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, trashy, valueless, worthless, catchpenny, cruddy, junky, no good, rinky-dink, tatty
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