What expressions do you have around here for things that are sewn carelessly? “They’re ________.”
| THROWN TOGETHER | 236 |
| BOTCHED UP | 113 |
| NR | 110 |
| SLOPPY | 64 |
| HALF-SEWED | 38 |
| SLIPSHOD | 37 |
| THROWED TOGETHER | 37 |
| HALF-DONE | 30 |
| BOTCHED | 28 |
| BASTED | 22 |
| COBBLED UP | 20 |
| WHIPPED UP | 19 |
| HALF-MADE | 11 |
| WHIPSTITCHED | 11 |
| HALF-SEWN | 10 |
| SEWN WITH A HOT NEEDLE | 10 |
| SLAPPED TOGETHER | 9 |
| SHODDY | 8 |
| PULLED TOGETHER | 7 |
| SLOPPY JOB | 7 |
| HAPHAZARD | 6 |
| JUST PUT TOGETHER | 6 |
| JUST THROWN TOGETHER | 6 |
| POOR JOB | 6 |
| SLOUCHY | 6 |
| TACKED TOGETHER | 6 |
| CAUGHT UP | 5 |
| COBBLED | 5 |
| MESS | 5 |
| POORLY MADE | 5 |
| SEWN CARELESSLY | 5 |
| SLOPPED TOGETHER | 5 |
| SLOPPY WORK | 5 |
| WHIPPED TOGETHER | 5 |
| DRAWN TOGETHER | 4 |
| JUST BASTED | 4 |
| MESSED UP | 4 |
| PATCHED | 4 |
| POORLY DONE | 4 |
| POORLY SEWN | 4 |
| PUT TOGETHER | 4 |
| SLOPPILY DONE | 4 |
| SLOPPILY MADE | 4 |
| TACKED | 4 |
| BADLY SEWN | 3 |
| BASTED TOGETHER | 3 |
| BOTCHED JOB | 3 |
| BUM JOB | 3 |
| HALF-PUT-TOGETHER | 3 |
| HALF-WAY DONE | 3 |
| LOOSELY SEWN | 3 |
| MESSY | 3 |
| SLEAZY | 3 |
| SLOPPILY PUT TOGETHER | 3 |
| STITCHED | 3 |
| STUCK TOGETHER | 3 |
| BASTED UP | 2 |
| BATCHED UP | 2 |
| BOTCHED-UP AFFAIR | 2 |
| CAUGHT TOGETHER | 2 |
| HALF-ASSED JOB | 2 |
| HALF-SEW | 2 |
| HIT-OR-MISS | 2 |
| HURRY-UP JOB | 2 |
| IT’S A SLOPPY JOB | 2 |
| JAGGED | 2 |
| JUNK | 2 |
| JUST HALF-SEWED | 2 |
| LOUSY JOB | 2 |
| MADE IN A HURRY | 2 |
| MAMMY-MADE | 2 |
| POORLY STITCHED | 2 |
| SHABBY | 2 |
| SHIP-SHOD | 2 |
| SHODDY WORK | 2 |
| SLOVENLY | 2 |
| SLUNG TOGETHER | 2 |
| TACKY | 2 |
| WHIPPED | 2 |
| AIN’T HALF-SEWN | 1 |
| AIN’T MADE RIGHT | 1 |
| ALL SLEAZY | 1 |
| BADLY DID | 1 |
| BADLY DONE | 1 |
| BLOTCHED UP | 1 |
| BLOWN TOGETHER | 1 |
| BOGGLE | 1 |
| BOGGLED | 1 |
| BOTCHED TOGETHER | 1 |
| BOTCHED-UP JOB | 1 |
| BOTCHY | 1 |
| BUNCHING | 1 |
| BUTCHERED | 1 |
| CARELESSLY DONE | 1 |
| CARELESSLY PUT TOGETHER | 1 |
| CARELESSLY SEWN | 1 |
| CATCHED IT UP | 1 |
| CAT-CLAWED | 1 |
| CAT-STITCHED | 1 |
| CHEAPLY MADE | 1 |
| COBBLED-UP JOB | 1 |
| COMING APART | 1 |
| DARNED IT IN A HURRY | 1 |
| DETAILING IS OFF | 1 |
| DID A SLOPPY JOB | 1 |
| DIDN’T TAKE MUCH PAINS | 1 |
| DOESN’T KNOW HER ONIONS ABOUT SEWING | 1 |
| DONE CARELESSLY | 1 |
| DONE HALF-ASSED | 1 |
| DONE HALF-WAY | 1 |
| DONE HAPHAZARDLY | 1 |
| DONE IN A HAPHAZARD MANNER | 1 |
| DONE SLOPPY | 1 |
| FALLING APART | 1 |
| FLIMSY | 1 |
| FLUNG TOGETHER | 1 |
| GALLOPED TOGETHER | 1 |
| GOOD FOR NOTHING | 1 |
| HALF-DO THE JOB | 1 |
| HALF-FIXED | 1 |
| HALF-SEWED-UP | 1 |
| HALF-SEWN-UP | 1 |
| HALF-WAY MADE | 1 |
| HAND-SEWN | 1 |
| HAPHAZARD ABOUT IT | 1 |
| HAPHAZARD JOB | 1 |
| HAPHAZARDLY DONE | 1 |
| HEMSTITHING | 1 |
| HOBBLED | 1 |
| HODGE-PODGE | 1 |
| HOG-STITCHED | 1 |
| HOMEMADE | 1 |
| HOT NEEDLED | 1 |
| HOW’D YOU EVER COME TO SEW THIS WAY | 1 |
| ISN’T EVEN PUT TOGETHER | 1 |
| IT WASN’T SEWN WELL | 1 |
| IT’LL RIP OUT | 1 |
| JAKEY | 1 |
| JUST A MESS | 1 |
| JUST CAUGHT UP | 1 |
| JUST HUNG TOGETHER | 1 |
| JUST PULLED TOGETHER | 1 |
| JUST RUN UP | 1 |
| JUST SLIPSHOD | 1 |
| JUST SLOUCHED OVER | 1 |
| JUST TACKED TOGETHER | 1 |
| JUST TACKED UP | 1 |
| JUST THREW THAT TOGETHER | 1 |
| JUST WHANGED OUT | 1 |
| JUST WHANGED UP | 1 |
| KA’PULU | 1 |
| LACKADAISY | 1 |
| LICK AND A PROMISE | 1 |
| LOOK LIKE THEY’RE THROWN TOGETHER | 1 |
| LOOSE | 1 |
| LOOSELY DONE | 1 |
| LOUSY | 1 |
| MADE A BOTCH OF IT | 1 |
| MADE A MESS | 1 |
| MADE A MESS OF IT | 1 |
| MADE A MESS OUT OF IT | 1 |
| MADE IN A SLIPSHOD WAY | 1 |
| MADE POORLY | 1 |
| MADE WITH A HOT NEEDLE | 1 |
| MAKE SHIFT | 1 |
| MENDED CARELESSLY | 1 |
| MENDED SLOPPY | 1 |
| MESSY JOB | 1 |
| MESSY PIECE OF SEWING | 1 |
| MESSY WORK | 1 |
| MUST HAVE BEEN IN A HURRY | 1 |
| NIGGERED UP | 1 |
| NOT FINISHED | 1 |
| NOT HALF-DONE | 1 |
| NOT HALF-MADE | 1 |
| NOT IN GOOD TASTE | 1 |
| NOT NEAT | 1 |
| NOT SEWED GOOD | 1 |
| NOT SEWN WELL | 1 |
| ONLY DID A HALF-JOB | 1 |
| PASTED TOGETHER | 1 |
| PATCH JOB | 1 |
| PATCHED POORLY | 1 |
| PATCHED TOGETHER | 1 |
| PATCHED UP | 1 |
| PATCHWORK | 1 |
| PITCHED TOGETHER | 1 |
| POOR WORKMANSHIP | 1 |
| POORLY FINISHED | 1 |
| POORLY MENDED | 1 |
| POORLY SEWED | 1 |
| PORELY MADE | 1 |
| PRETTY SHODDY | 1 |
| PUCKERED UP | 1 |
| PUT TOGETHER HALF-ASSED | 1 |
| PUT TOGETHER HALF-WAY | 1 |
| PUT TOGETHER HIT OR MISS | 1 |
| PUT TOGETHER IN A HURRY | 1 |
| PUT TOGETHER VERY SLOPPY | 1 |
| QUITE SLOPPY | 1 |
| RAGGED LOOKING | 1 |
| RAVELED | 1 |
| READY TO COME APART | 1 |
| REJECTS | 1 |
| RIDICULOUS | 1 |
| ROPED TOGETHER | 1 |
| ROUGH SEWN | 1 |
| RUN UP | 1 |
| SCREWED UP | 1 |
| SEAMED UP | 1 |
| SEWED IN A HURRY | 1 |
| SEWED UP ROUGH | 1 |
| SEWED WITH A HOT NEEDLE | 1 |
| SEWED WITH HOT NEEDLE | 1 |
| SEWN HARUM-SCARUM | 1 |
| SEWN HIT AND MISS | 1 |
| SEWN IN A HURRY | 1 |
| SEWN IN THE DARK | 1 |
| SEWN LIKE A HIT-AND-MISS | 1 |
| SEWN OVER AND OVER | 1 |
| SEWN SLOPPILY | 1 |
| SEWN SLOPPY | 1 |
| SEWN VERY POORLY | 1 |
| SEWN WITH A HOT NEEDLE AND A BURNING THREAD | 1 |
| SEWN WITH A RED HOT NEEDLE AND BURNING THREAD | 1 |
| SEWN WITH A RED-HOT NEEDLE AND A BURNING THREAD | 1 |
| SHE MADE A BOBBLE OUT OF THAT | 1 |
| SHLOPADICKLE | 1 |
| SHODDILY MADE | 1 |
| SHODDILY PUT TOGETHER | 1 |
| SHODDY JOB | 1 |
| SKETCHY | 1 |
| SKIP | 1 |
| SKIPPED OVER | 1 |
| SLACK WORK | 1 |
| SLAPDASH | 1 |
| SLAZY | 1 |
| SLIPSHOD JOB | 1 |
| SLIP-STITCHED | 1 |
| SLOBBED UP | 1 |
| SLOP JOB | 1 |
| SLOPPED UP | 1 |
| SLOPPY MESS | 1 |
| SLOPPY SEWER | 1 |
| SLOPPY SEWING | 1 |
| SLOUCHED OVER | 1 |
| SLOUCHED UP | 1 |
| SLOUCHY WORK | 1 |
| SLUBBERY WORK | 1 |
| SORRY | 1 |
| SORRY JOB | 1 |
| STITCHED IN A HURRY | 1 |
| STITCHED TOGETHER | 1 |
| STRUNG AROUND | 1 |
| SURE WAS MADE SHABBY | 1 |
| TACKED UP | 1 |
| TEMPORARILY STITCHED TOGETHER | 1 |
| THEY BUNGLED IT | 1 |
| THEY HAD A DAMN MECHANIC | 1 |
| THEY MADE A MESS OF IT | 1 |
| THEY SEWED IT FROU-FROU | 1 |
| THEY USED A HOT NEEDLE | 1 |
| THEY WASN’T DONE VERY NEATLY | 1 |
| THEY’VE HALF FIXED IT | 1 |
| THREW IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| THROWN HELTER-SKELTER | 1 |
| TOO LOOSE | 1 |
| TOSSED AWAY | 1 |
| TOSSED IN A HEAP | 1 |
| TOSSED TOGETHER | 1 |
| TUCKED UP | 1 |
| TWISTED AND NOT SEWN RIGHT | 1 |
| UNTIDY | 1 |
| VERY POOR JOB | 1 |
| VERY SLOPPILY DONE | 1 |
| WHACKED UP | 1 |
| WHAMPED | 1 |
| WHANGED TOGETHER | 1 |
| WHANGED UP | 1 |
| WHICH AND TOTHER | 1 |
| WHIPPED UP ANY OLD WAY | 1 |
| WHIPPPED UP | 1 |
| WISHED TOGETHER | 1 |
| YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO SEW | 1 |
| ZIPPED UP | 1 |
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