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shoddiness

shoddiness noun: the property of being shoddy.

Noun

shoddiness (countable and uncountable, plural shoddinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being shoddy.
    • What, I wondered, is the defining characteristic of communist shoddiness? It certainly exists, for it is instantly recognizable among all the other possible forms of shoddiness.2012, Theodore Dalrymple, The Wilder Shores of Marx: Journeys in a Vanishing World
  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being shoddy.

shoddiness meaning in Urdu

shoddiness in Urdu

گھٹیا پن

Forms of shoddiness

pluralshoddinesses

Origin of shoddiness

From shoddy + -ness.

Questions about shoddiness

What does shoddiness mean?
Shoddiness means the property of being shoddy.
What is shoddiness in Urdu?
Shoddiness in Urdu is گھٹیا پن. See Shoddiness meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is shoddiness?
Shoddiness is a noun.
What is the plural of shoddiness?
The plural of shoddiness is shoddinesses.

Words near shoddiness in the dictionary

  1. shodden
  2. shoddier
  3. shoddies
  4. shoddiest
  5. shoddily
  6. shoddiness
  7. shoddinesses
  8. shoddy
  9. shoddy fever
  10. shoddydom
  11. shoddyism

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