slipshod Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by great carelessness
    haphazard; slapdash; sloppy.
    • a most haphazard system of record keeping
    • slapdash work
    • slipshod spelling
    • sloppy workmanship

WordNet

Slip"shod` adjective
Definitions
  1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
    The shivering urchin bending as he goes, With slipshod heels. Cowper.
  2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.
    Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. Shak.

Webster 1913