slipshod

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 25, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>slipshod</strong> &#149; \SLIP-SHAHD\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>1 a :</strong> wearing loose shoes or slippers</p> <p><strong>b :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20at%20the%20heel">down at the heel</a> <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shabby">shabby</a></p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/careless">careless</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slovenly">slovenly</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"'What's worse is the rules about misinformation on social media are confusing and inconsistent, and enforcement of those policies is <em>slipshod</em> at best,' says Bill Fitzgerald, a privacy and technology researcher in CR's Digital Lab." — <a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/social-media/social-media-misinformation-policies/"><em>Consumer Reports</em>, 13 Aug. 2020</a></p> <p>"But Ryan Day couldn't help but harp on a <em>slipshod</em> second half in which the Buckeyes were outscored by 10 points and outgained by 126 yards." — <a href="https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ohio-state/2020/11/09/slipshod-performance-against-rutgers-leaves-ryan-day-miffed/stories/20201108105#:~:text=But%20Ryan%20Day%20couldn't,didn't%20play%20very%20great.">Kyle Rowland, <em>The Toledo (Ohio) Blade</em>, 9 Nov. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>The word <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shod">shod</a></em> is the past tense form of the verb <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoe#h2">shoe</a></em>, meaning "to furnish with a shoe"; hence, we can speak of shoeing horses and horses that have been shod or shodden. When the word <em>slipshod</em> was first used in t