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Meanings of slapdash in English

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directo
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Directly.

        directo

        Marked by great carelessness.

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              Examples for "bolt"
              Examples for "bolt"
              1
              There's food in there, and a good strong bolt on the outside.
              The Shining
              2
              Siegrist added a middle bolt and took four days to work it.
              Climbing Magazine
              3
              The bolt came free, along with a good chunk of the wall.
              Succubi like it hot
              4
              Critics fear companies may simply choose to bolt to less costly states.
              Reuters
              5
              We made plans to return the following year with the bolt gun.
              Climbing Magazine
              1
              The message is clear: big bang Friday was a good day's work.
              Reuters
              2
              Not after the bang: the heart attack I had two years ago.
              The Irish Times
              3
              I think that's an absolutely bang-on way to go about arranging society.
              The Guardian
              4
              Uncertainty and reality collided with a bang for Americans and American tennis.
              The Guardian
              5
              Another week of Isidingo means we start Monday off with a bang.
              The South African
              1
              The question is slap-your-forehead simple: How do genes respond to seasonal changes?
              Wired
              2
              Editors regard adjudications as a slap on the wrist: They certainly don't.
              The Guardian
              3
              Tase's laughter was a slap of reality, a change in the game.
              Taken by sin
              4
              The heat in the street is like a slap on the face.
              L'Assommoir
              5
              She did not slap him but the words had the same effect.
              Summer of Night
              1
              It may read thin here; it would smack racily in the playroom.
              Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
              2
              Lives alone in a long, low building right smack on the water.
              My Name is Legion
              3
              So I gave her a good, solid smack in the same place.
              After midnight
              4
              I wanted to smack Frieda for being happy about anything right now.
              The accidental demon slayer
              5
              The strong urge I had to smack her must have been obvious.
              Dangerous Women

              In a careless or reckless manner.

                    Usage of slapdash in English
                    1
                    Logan did not allow any spontaneous or slapdash approaches to serious legal matters.
                    A. lincoln: a biography
                    2
                    Also there was a more slapdash approach to the benefits system.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    Under other circumstances, that kind of slapdash philosophy might have given me pause.
                    Roast mortem
                    4
                    Seen at close quarters, the rendering was extremely casual, almost slapdash.
                    Imajica: Complete Edition
                    5
                    I have no doubt it was the quickest, most slapdash heat-eater ever created.
                    The Name of the Wind
                    6
                    What had he expected, some slapdash affair by a second-rate provincial medical examiner?
                    Amagansett
                    7
                    If your slapdash vaning keeps me a second from this sun-
                    Nova
                    8
                    Other world-builders aren't as slapdash, largely because many fans do notice and care.
                    The Irish Times
                    9
                    As a work of scholarship, Japrocksampler is slapdash and error-strewn.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    Though fairly slapdash, it was obviously a caricature of Ethan.
                    Nemesis
                    11
                    The tendency here is for house-carpentering to be somewhat slapdash.
                    Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
                    12
                    His first hunger stilled, Purdy fell to giving a slapdash account of his experiences.
                    Australia Felix
                    13
                    Even the revised version is a little slapdash and impressionistic.
                    The Guardian
                    14
                    Real Marx Brothers, slapdash, carry on... stuff some rags down there, call the people.
                    Life
                    15
                    We need to change the haphazard and slapdash nature that we have come to adapt.
                    Jamaica Observer
                    16
                    Don't mistake someone's slapdash approach for arrogance and maybe keep critical comments to a minimum!
                    The South African
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                    Slapdash through the time