shoddiness

English

Etymology

From shoddy +‎ -ness.

Noun

shoddiness (countable and uncountable, plural shoddinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being shoddy.
    • 2012, Theodore Dalrymple, The Wilder Shores of Marx: Journeys in a Vanishing World:
      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.
  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being shoddy.
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