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- Dictionaryslapdash/ˈslapdaʃ/
adjective
- 1. done too hurriedly and carelessly: "he gave a slapdash performance"
adverb
- 1. hurriedly and carelessly. dated
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done or made in a hurried and careless way: He gets his work done quickly, but he's very slapdash. Synonyms. slipshod disapproving. sloppy (LACKING CARE) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not taking or showing enough care and attention. careless That was careless of you. sloppy Spelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter.
The adjective slapdash is familiar today describing something done in a hasty, careless, or haphazard manner. Synonyms. aimless. arbitrary. catch-as-catch-can. desultory. erratic. haphazard. helter-skelter. hit-or-miss. random. scattered. stray. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of slapdash in a Sentence.
Slapdash definition: in a hasty, haphazard manner. See examples of SLAPDASH used in a sentence.
noun. 1. something done carelessly and hastily. adverb. 2. in a hasty, careless manner. adjective. 3. hasty, careless, impetuous, etc.
done or made in a hurried and careless way: He gets his work done quickly, but he's very slapdash. Synonyms. slipshod disapproving. sloppy (LACKING CARE) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not taking or showing enough care and attention. careless That was careless of you. sloppy Spelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter.
If you just slapped something together and then dashed when you were done, it was slapdash. The paint job was slapdash: it looked like they did it in an hour, without brushes.
Define slapdash. slapdash synonyms, slapdash pronunciation, slapdash translation, English dictionary definition of slapdash. adj. Hasty and careless, as in execution: slapdash work. adv. In a reckless haphazard manner.
Definition of slapdash adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SLAPDASH definition: done quickly and without being careful: . Learn more.
Slapdash Definition. In a hasty, careless manner. Directly, right there; slap-bang. Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting. With a slap; all at once; slap. Something done carelessly and hastily. (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.