Slapdash

/ˈslæpdæʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless..

Definitions by Sense

1. Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
2. In a hasty or careless manner.
3. Directly, right there; slap-bang.
4. With a slap; all at once; slap.
5. (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Valérie Pisano, the chief executive of Mila – the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute – said the slapdash approach to safety in AI systems would not be tolerated in any other field.

Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.

And yet, slap dash, is all again In every sinew, nerve, and vein; Runs here and there, like Hamlet's ghost

to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall

to slapdash a wall

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Word Forms

• more slapdash
• most slapdash
• slapdashes
• slapdashing
• slapdashed

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