杜撰

ずさん

Also written ずざん

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun careless; sloppy; faulty
2. Noun using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

Kanji

• 杜 woods; grove. Read as ズ.
• 撰 composing; editing; compiling. Read as サン.

Example sentences

• トニーは人を雇い、もっと客を掴み、仕事をより早くずさんにやれば、もっと金もうけができると思ったのだ。
  Tony realized that if he hired another crew, got more customers and did the job quicker and sloppier, he could make more money.
• この訳はずさんだな。
  This translation is inaccurate.

Words containing 杜撰

• 杜撰脱漏 (ずさんだつろう) careless (slipshod) and with many omissions

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