vt a fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
2. shoddy ·add. ·vt fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens.
3. shoddy ·vt a fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, ·etc. ·see mungo.
4. shoddy ·adj made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.