A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool
To fill contracts for hundreds of thousands of uniforms, textile manufacturers compressed the fibers of recycled woolen goods into a material called “shoddy”.
Shoddy work or a shoddy product has been done or made carelessly or badly. I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service + shoddily shod·di·ly These products are shoddily produced
A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc
Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy