slipshod

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Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash

Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.

Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes

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.

{a} not having the shoes pulled up, loose
marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing
If something is slipshod, it has been done in a careless way. The hotel had always been run in a slipshod way. = careless. done too quickly and carelessly - used to show disapproval = slapdash (slipshod (16-19 centuries))
Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc
careless; done poorly or too quickly
{s} careless, sloppy; shabby
Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel
slipshod
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