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Slapdash vs Messy - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between slapdash and messy

is that slapdash is done hastily; haphazard; careless while messy is in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

As an adverb slapdash

is in a hasty or careless manner.

As a verb slapdash

is to apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

slapdash

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
  • * 2014 , A teacher, " Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
    • When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a hasty or 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.
    • (Prior)

    Synonyms

    * (in a hasty manner): carelessly, haphazardly, hastily * (directly): directly

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
    • to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
    to slapdash a wall

    messy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory.}}
  • (of a person) Prone to causing mess.
  • (of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

    • Synonyms

    (in a disorderly state) untidy, chaotic, disorderly, cluttered

    Antonyms

    * neat * orderly

    Derived terms

    * messily * messiness

    Descendants

    * German: (l)

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