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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.
noun. 1. something done carelessly and hastily. adverb. 2. in a hasty, careless manner. adjective. 3. hasty, careless, impetuous, etc.
Slapdash definition: in a hasty, haphazard manner. See examples of SLAPDASH used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of slapdash adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
If you describe someone as slapdash, you mean that they do things carelessly without much thinking or planning. [disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'slapdash' American English: slæpdæʃ British English: slæpdæʃ. More. Synonyms of 'slapdash' • careless, sloppy (informal), hasty, disorderly [...] More. Examples of 'slapdash' in a sentence.
