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Fine Dictionary

shoddiness

WordNet
  1. (n) shoddiness
    the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
  2. (n) shoddiness
    the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
Quotations
Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them in vulgar or shoddy attire.
George W. Crane
Usage in the news

After a delay earlier this month, MnDOT finally moved the historic Shoddy Mill and warehouse buildings from Oak Park Heights to Stillwater on Wednesday. minnesota.publicradio.org

A Trip Into Glastonbury's Past At Shoddy Mill. courant.com

Although Shoddy Mill Open Space took a hit from a summer microburst, the trails have recovered and make a good autumn jaunt. courant.com

It's appropriate that Travis Atria and Collin Whitlock, of Beatles cover band The Shoddy Beatles, would make an R&B … Continue reading. rock104.com

Move delayed for Shoddy buildings. twincities.com

Shoddy Mill and Warehouse were packed up in preparation for a Nov 7 move that has been postponed. twincities.com

Plans to move the historic Shoddy Mill and Warehouse in Oak Park Heights have been delayed. twincities.com

Photographer harshly criticized for ' shoddy ' Olympic portraits. ltv.com

A set of portraits of American Olympians has generated negative feelings in the photography community because of an "amateur" and " shoddy " look that some think was intentional. ltv.com

Lenox Hill Newborns Receive Shoddy Care Due To 'Beyonce' Rooms. michronicleonline.com

Court validates concerns on EPA's scientifically shoddy approach. lj.net

HOUSTON – The Texans' shoddy defense is helpless against Tony Romo's accurate right arm. blog.mysanantonio.com

State rarely revokes contractors' licenses who don't pay fines for shoddy work. khou.com

The relocation of Shoddy Mill and Warehouse cost $1.2 million -- too much, some say. startribune.com

The Shoddy Mill warehouse sat on a trailer recently after its move to Stillwater. startribune.com

Usage in literature

Struck by 'shoddy,' and not by 'shells,' And not by shot, our brave ones fall. "The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862" by Various

Woollen rags of good quality contain 12.7 per cent of nitrogen; woollen cuttings about 14; and what is called shoddy only 5.5 per cent. "Elements of Agricultural Chemistry" by Thomas Anderson

Was life less controllable than a shoddy polo pony? "The Dark Tower" by Phyllis Bottome

But that was even less excuse for shoddiness. "The Weakling" by Everett B. Cole

I was tired of the shoddiness of the entire shoddy situation. "The Prairie Child" by Arthur Stringer

Her old shoddy shawl hid her rough hands, red from the day's work, but they were working nervously. "Jennie Gerhardt" by Theodore Dreiser

Around it group contractors, jobbers, shoddy, and all kinds of other social impurities. "Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863" by Adam Gurowski

He'll trade for fishing worms, if she has any, and then perhaps get more than his shoddy goods are worth. "A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties" by Charles Major

Romance is sterling, but Romanticism is shoddy. "A Manual of the Art of Fiction" by Clayton Hamilton

The fraud and demoralization of the thing they call "shoddy" has settled down upon our social life everywhere. "Phemie Frost's Experiences" by Ann S. Stephens

Usage in poetry
Who call him spurious and shoddy
Shall do it o'er my lifeless body.
I heartily invite such birds
To come outside and say those words!
Starve thou the soul of the world,
Brother, as I the body !
Shall we not glut our lust
On these wretches whom Fate hath hurled
To a hell of jesus and shoddy,
Dung and ethics and dust ?
His manners wusn't in the grain,
His wool wus sorter shoddy;
His courage wus a poorish sort,
It hadn't got no body.
An' when he see'd old Spense, he shook
Es ef he'd see'd his gran'ma's spook.
And there'd be some with pigtails, and some with buckled shoes,
And smocks and caps like pirates that sailors once did use,
And high sea-boots and oilskins and tarry dungaree,
And shoddy suits men sold them when they came fresh from sea.