SAT vocabulary
Shoddy
Badly made or done; of poor quality.
Example
"The shoddy construction of the building led to numerous safety concerns."
Etymology
Origin uncertain, possibly from 'shod,' past participle of 'shoe,' referring to patched up old shoes or from a dialectal word for 'waste fiber.'
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