shoddy

shoddy is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
2. transitive verb. A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
3. adjective. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
4. noun. reclaimed wool fiber
5. adjective. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

   "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"

   "deliberately deceptive packaging"

   Synonyms: deceptive, misleading

6. adjective. of inferior workmanship and materials

   "mean little jerry-built houses"

7. adjective. cheap and shoddy- Judith Crist

   "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"

   Synonyms: cheapjack, tawdry

Synonyms

deceptive, misleading, cheapjack, tawdry

Common word forms

shoddied, shoddier, shoddies, shoddily, shoddiest, shoddying

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