SHODDIEST

SHODDY

dirty, sordid, shoddy

(adjective) unethical or dishonest; “dirty police officers”; “a sordid political campaign”; “shoddy business practices”

cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry

(adjective) made of inferior workmanship and materials; “cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob”- Judith Crist

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

shoddiest

superlative form of shoddy: most shoddy

Source: Wiktionary

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SHODDY

Shod"dy, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. Shed, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shedor thrown off.]

1. A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

2. A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.

Note: The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army supplies in the late Civil War in the United States gave wide currency to the word, and it came to be applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in society than that to which their breeding or worth entitles them.

Shod"dy, a.

Definition: Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy. Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. Compton Reade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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