[shod.dy] n [origin unknown] (1832) 1 a: a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo b: a fabric often of inferior quality manufactured wholly or partly from reclaimed wool
2. a: inferior, imitative, or pretentious articles or matter b: pretentious vulgarity
[2]shoddy adj shod.di.er ; -est (1847) 1: made wholly or partly of shoddy
2. a: cheaply imitative: vulgarly pretentious b: hastily or poorly done: inferior c: shabby -- shod.di.ly adv -- shod.di.ness n