adj. & n.
adj. (shoddier, shoddiest) 1 trashy; shabby; poorly made. 2 counterfeit.
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a an inferior cloth made partly from the shredded fibre of old woollen cloth. b such fibre. 2 any thing of shoddy quality. shoddily adv. shoddiness n.
[ 19th c.: orig. dial. ]