Word: slipshodness
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...estimated $3,000,000. McCormick, it turned out, had had personal dealings with the Res in over-the-counter stocks. It was all perfectly legal, but its propriety was dubious. And almost immediately, more sloppy administration at the Amex came to light: the policing of its members was slipshod and records of transactions were incomplete. Then, to the everlasting annoyance of the rest of Wall Street, the federal investigation of Amex was expanded to include the whole securities business...
...Constellation the day before the crash by cutting down a brush taken from a 1954 Mercury automobile generator. As it turned out, the engine with the ersatz part kept going during the fatal flight. But engineers from established airlines blinked in dismay at Imperial's incredibly slipshod methods of maintenance. Said one: "They must have been a little desperate...
...fields south of Ltibeck, the double barbed wire resumes, and it is no slipshod affair. Cement pylons are sunk 5 ft. into the ground and stand slightly over 6 ft. above it. Each pylon is threaded with seven strands of wire. Along the border a tractor equipped with a posthole digger is busily planting holes every dozen feet. As I watched the work crews through my binoculars, I suddenly found myself staring down the barrel of an East German submachine gun across the barrier...
...photography is fairly conventional, but it has its moments of pretension. The opening sequence is filmed through a window that reflects the slipshod buildings across the street. Then, one of the magnates, looking the other way through the same window, sees Rosemary undulating below. This sort of flashy technique jars with what follows, because so little of the movie involves any attempt at such pictorial effects...
...much for the New English Bible's poetry. Instances of "jargon, and all that is either stilted or slipshod" are even more numerous. Matthew's account of Pilate's altercation with the Jews is given overtones of "Mrs. Murphy's Chowder": "Why, what harm has he done?" Pilate asked; but they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" The sayings of Jesus become jingles ("If your right eye leads you astray...