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slapdash

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English

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WOTD – 4 February 2007

Etymology

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Fromslap +‎dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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slapdash (comparativemoreslapdash,superlativemostslapdash)

  1. Produced or carried outhastily;haphazard;careless.
    • 1989,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated byH. T. Willetts,August 1914,Farrar, Straus and Giroux,→ISBN, page114:
      They had seen Poland, and that was the sort of slovenly,slapdash place they were used to, but once across the German frontier they found everything—crops, roads, buildings—uncannily different.
    • 2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, inThe Guardian:
      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 aslapdash approach to discipline.
    • 2023 May 2, Josh Taylor, Alex Hern, “‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton quits Google and warns over dangers of misinformation”, inThe Guardian[1],→ISSN:
      Valérie Pisano, the chief executive of Mila – the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute – said theslapdash approach to safety in AI systems would not be tolerated in any other field.

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Translations

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done hastily

Adverb

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slapdash (comparativemoreslapdash,superlativemostslapdash)

  1. In ahasty orcareless manner.
  2. Directly, right there;slap-bang.
    Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinisslapdash in the center of the painting.
  3. With a slap; all at once; slap.
    • 1718,Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, inPoems on Several Occasions, London: [] Jacob Tonson [], and John Barber [],→OCLC:
      And yet,slap dash, is all again
      In every sinew, nerve, and vein;
      Runs here and there, like Hamlet's ghost

Synonyms

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Translations

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in a hasty or careless manner

Verb

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slapdash (third-person singular simple presentslapdashes,present participleslapdashing,simple past and past participleslapdashed)

  1. (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; toroughcast.
    toslapdash mortar or paint on a wall
    toslapdash a wall
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