Slipshod vs Unconscientious - What's the difference?
slipshod | unconscientious | Related terms |
Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
* 1880 , ":
* 1999 Aug. 22, Johanna McGeary, "
(obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
* 1840 , :
Not conscientious.
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Slipshod is a related term of unconscientious.
As adjectives the difference between slipshod and unconscientious
is that slipshod is done poorly or too quickly; slapdash while unconscientious is not conscientious.slipshod
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
Buried Alive," Time :
- Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
- [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.
Synonyms
* See alsounconscientious
English
Adjective
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