shoddy

1. 1.

   reclaimed wool fiber

   Broaderwool

Other forms of shoddy

plural

shoddies·

comparative or superlative

shoddier

comparative or superlative

shoddiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shoddy

What does shoddy mean?

shoddy means "made of inferior workmanship and materials". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shoddy?

shoddy has 2 syllables: shod-dy. The stress falls on "shod". In IPA it is /ˈʃɑdi/.

What is another word for shoddy?

Close synonyms include cheapjack, tawdry, dirty, sordid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shoddy a common word?

shoddy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.