slapdash

[ slap-dash ]

adverb

1. in a hasty, haphazard manner:

   He assembled the motor slapdash.

adjective

1. hasty and careless; offhand:

   a slapdash answer.

slapdash

/ ˈslæpˌdæʃ /

adverb

1. in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner

adjective

1. careless, hasty, or haphazard

noun

1. slapdash activity or work
2. another name for roughcast

Word History and Origins

Origin of slapdash¹

1670–80; slap ¹ (adv.) + dash ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of slapdash¹

C17: from slap + dash ¹

Example Sentences

A camera that wants to be as drunk as the self-destructive figure it’s supposed to observe, on top of slapdash time-jumping and interludes of encyclopedic narration about science and myth that pull us away from the central performance, makes for an ultimately unstable partner — no matter how well-intentioned, and even occasionally effective, Fingscheidt’s handling of this material.

From Los Angeles Times

Doyen, the New Orleans social worker, said he first noticed slapdash bipolar labeling when he volunteered at the city’s St. Thomas House of Hospitality, a temporary shelter.

From Slate

America’s Talking was his vision of the future of television: a strange, slapdash, mostly apolitical cable network.

From Slate

Similarly, religious wounds, or "church hurt" are exposed in Lee Daniels’ exorcism film "The Deliverance," albeit having a slapdash script.

From Salon

The Alabama Supreme Court’s breathtakingly arrogant, slapdash and pernicious opinion conferring personhood on newly formed embryos vividly illustrates the consequences of another reckless decision: the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• haphazard