noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shoddy goods/service/workmanship etc
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We’re not paying good money for shoddy goods.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
poor
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The auditors save their most stringent criticism for poor workmanship and inadequate supervision by the ministry.
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It was neither poor workmanship to blame, nor poor machinery, but poor management.
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But faults in execution of buildings are often blamed on poor workmanship by the builder.
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Now you may think that this is an article promoting poor workmanship , it is not.
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Some 7,800 cracks on the Leatherhead to Reigate section of the M25 were caused by poor workmanship , materials and specification.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mixture of bad workmanship , bad materials and bad design has left an extraordinary legacy of decay.
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But faults in execution of buildings are often blamed on poor workmanship by the builder.
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In this wall was a great wrought-iron gate of eighteenth-century workmanship .
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Intricate workmanship is apparent in the examples of Hopi coiled baskets from about 1900 and more recent times.
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It was neither poor workmanship to blame, nor poor machinery, but poor management.
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Now you may think that this is an article promoting poor workmanship , it is not.
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Technicians were criticised for defective workmanship on vital signalling equipment, lack of checks on work and lack of proper testing.