Definition of: shoddy

(shod′ē) noun plural ·dies
1. Reclaimed wool obtained by shredding discarded woolens or worsteds: longer fiber than mungo and better quality.
2. Fiber or cloth manufactured of inferior material or of shredded woolen rags.
3. Vulgar assumption or display; pretension; sham.
4. Refuse; waste.
—adjective ·di·er, ·di·est
1. Made of or containing shoddy.
2. Sham; inferior. [Origin uncertain]
—shod′di·ly adverb
—shod′di·ness noun