Shoddy

shod′i, n. ( orig. ) the waste arising from the manufacture of wool: now applied to the wool of old woven fabrics reduced to the state in which it was before being spun and woven, and thus fit for remanufacture: the inferior cloth made from this substance: worthle goods: ( coll. ) pretence, sham, vulgar and basele a umption.— adj. made of shoddy: inferior, trashy: pretentious, sham, counterfeit: ambitious by reason of newly-acquired wealth.— n. Shodd′yism . [ Shed , to part—A.S. sceádan , to part.]