Webster's English Dictionary

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shoddy

1. shod.dy \'sha:d-e-\ n [origin unknown] 1a: wool of better quality and 
   longer staple than mungo reclaimed from mate rials that are not felted 1b: 
   a fabric often of interior quality manufactured wholly or partly from r 
   eclaimed wool 2a: inferior, imitation, or pretentious articles or matter  
   2b: pretentious vulgarity 
2. shoddy aj 1: made wholly or partly of shoddy  2a: cheaply imitative : 
   vulgarly pretentious  2b: hastily or poorly done : INFERIOR  2c: SHABBY