slapdash.

Done hastily and carelessly, without enough attention to detail.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• slapdash work
• a slapdash repair

On the page

The slapdash repair held until the first heavy rain.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more slapdash; superlative most slapdash when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.