Definizione monolingua

shoddy

shoddy (uncountable)

1. A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
   • 1849, “A Statistical Outline of the Present Condition & Progress of the Anglo-Saxon Race”, The Anglo-Saxon?, page 123:

     Formerly, shoddy cloth was “used only for padding, and such like purposes, but now blankets, flushings, druggets, carpets, and table covers, cloth for pilot and Petersham great” coats, &c., are either wholly or partly made of shoddy, which, in fact, is “occasionally worn by everybody. The beautiful woollen table covers are made wholly of shoddy, being printed by aqua-fortis from designs drawn in London and Manchester, and cut on holly and other blocks, on the spot.”

   • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 324:

     To fill contracts for hundreds of thousands of uniforms, textile manufacturers compressed the fibers of recycled woolen goods into a material called “shoddy”.

shoddy (comparative shoddier, superlative shoddiest)

1. Being of poor quality or construction

   Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking.

Definizione dizionario shoddy

	scadente
	exhibiting poor quality

Altri significati:

Being of poor quality or construction

low-grade cloth made from used wool or wool byproducts

A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.