SHODDY

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1832 1. a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo, a fabric often of inferior quality manufactured wholly or partly from reclaimed wool, 2. inferior, imitative, or pretentious articles or matter, pretentious vulgarity, II. adjective (shoddier; -est) Date: 1847 made wholly or partly of ~, 2. cheaply imitative ; vulgarly pretentious , hastily or poorly done ; inferior , shabby , disreputable , shoddily adverb shoddiness noun