slapdash

[slap-dash] /ˈslæpˌdæʃ/

adverb

in a hasty, haphazard manner:

He assembled the motor slapdash.

adjective

hasty and careless; offhand:

a slapdash answer.

Origin

1670-80; slap¹ (adv.) + dash¹

Examples from the web for slapdash

But too many blogs-with their half-digested ideas and slapdash commentary on daily ephemera-show that gatekeepers have their uses.
One reason was its supercilious tone, which ill accords with its slapdash composition.
He claims he's forming doctor-patient relationships in his slapdash street encounters with apparently healthy protesters.
With its acid colors and slapdash brush strokes, the painting still jolts the eye.
It felt self-sufficient and confident and beautiful in our own slapdash, cross-your-fingers fashion.
Much of today's software is built and updated in a slapdash process.
But many think the savings calculations are slapdash.
Most folks tend to side with the fourth estate and do not take into account their slapdash work.
And on it goes, wittily ridiculing the slapdash manner in which science stories are sometimes cobbled together.
They have started a high-profile campaign to raise standards and punish slapdash manufacturers.

British Dictionary definitions for slapdash

/ˈslæpˌdæʃ/

adverb

in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner

adjective

careless, hasty, or haphazard

noun

slapdash activity or work

another name for roughcast (sense 1)

Word Origin

C17: from slap + dash1

Word Origin and History for slapdash

adv.

1670s, from slap (v.) + dash (v.). As an adjective, "dashing, offhand, careless," from 1792. As a noun, "rough-coat, coarse plaster," from 1796.

Slang definitions & phrases for slapdash

adjective

Hasty and careless; heedless of the fine details; sloppy (1792+)