(a.) Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sheep infection trials indicate that the PLD-negative C. pseudotuberculosis strain (Toxminus) is incapable of inducing caseous lymphadentis (cheesy gland) even at doses two logs higher than that at which the wild-type strain produces the disease.
(2) And an incredibly cheesy Budweiser advert uses the bond between a man and his dog to promote road safety.
(3) Protection levels as high as 95% and 97.5% were attained in broilers vaccinated subcutaneously and no undesirable lesions or cheesy masses formed under the skin in the back of the necks of broilers.
(4) It might sound like the stuff of cheesy softcore but the film is subtle, controlled and low on nudity – the trappings of decor are treated more fetishistically than women's bodies – and Weigert's performance anchors the action in psychological complexity.
(5) He hasn’t stopped eating ice-cream, milk shakes, Cheesy Wotsits and chocolate.
(6) It seems that dystopian worlds create more drama and while I wouldn't say the original film was cheesy, it was camp.
(7) When these two children were examined bronchoscopically the tracheobronchial tree was found to be filled with white, cheesy material.
(8) In 2001 the retro-futurist Discovery revived appreciation for the kind of glossy soft-rock and sentimental 80s pop that most bands deemed too cheesy. "
(9) I popped in for a nightcap but end up staying for two hours, serenaded by locals murdering everything from Japanese power ballads to cheesy Brazilian pop and Bohemian Rhapsody.
(10) It feels like an award in itself, and before you just brush that off as being as cheesy as it sounds, after having been in the business for 20 years, this is the closest I’ve gotten to my childhood version of ‘making it’.
(11) So, if the only indulgence that is viable, that is within budget, that will not mean you have to walk to work, is a Styrofoam container of cheesy chips, the answer is a thunderous "YES".
(12) Trundling on a cheesy tourist trail around the Italian capital (the Trevi fountain, the Spanish Steps), it tells four whimsical stories that never intersect, meaning that its most watchable stars – Alec Baldwin, Penélope Cruz, Roberto Benigni and Allen, appearing in one of his movies for the first time since Scoop, in 2006 – never interact.
(13) Like so much of what Cage says and does, this should be cheesy, but somehow it isn't.
(14) Some are stylistic and structural: a fondness for bifurcated storytelling; characters and actors that shift from film to film; a tip of the hat to the cheesy Thai TV of his youth.
(15) The moussaka (£8.50) is heavenly: crunchy and cheesy on top, and intensely savoury below.
(16) And that schmaltzy Bronner's experience wouldn't be complete without lashings of cheesy slogans.
(17) "I mean, my children sometimes have Cheesy Wotsits, but my children are perfectly thin because they don't have them all the time.
(18) Capital Radio's drivetime DJ Lucio has been named as the new presenter of the UK's commercial chart show, Hit 40 UK, and has immediately thrown down the gauntlet to BBC Radio 1 saying its chart is "dismal, bland and cheesy".
(19) Dialogue Young Guns does a generally enjoyable line in cheesy, quotable, tough-guy speak.
(20) The Bee Gees became cheesy, Chic became cheesy, and by the 80s disco was a dirty word.
Shoddy
Definition:
(v. t.) A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
(v. t.) A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
(a.) Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
Example Sentences:
(1) They demonstrate, at worst, a cavalier prejudice against work that the correspondents deemed shoddy.
(2) And you would be a shoddy parent indeed if you had no problem with your child slaving for the minimum wage when you could help them achieve something more remunerative.
(3) What makes Eastleigh so interesting now is that it's a test of how absorption into the national, rather than local, game – with all the shoddy compromises that coalition requires – has changed the way Liberal Democrat MPs operate and changed their relationship with what used to be their people.
(4) The film also brings in Weerasethakul's own family history, and childhood memories of lo-fi horror movies and TV shows (lots of red-eyed monsters, shot in darkness to cover up their shoddy costumes).
(5) Fifteen Indians lost their sight after a doctor used suspected infected equipment to remove cataracts at a free eye surgery camp, the latest incident to highlight the dangers of shoddy medical treatment in the country.
(6) That's interesting, because I've never seen a Financial Times reporter write a shoddy article about the markets and then justify it by saying, "it's not my fault, it's the FTSE 100 – it's just too hard!".
(7) Sarah Jackson Chief executive officer, Working Families • Your endorsement of Labour proposals to force employers to offer steady work to zero-hours staff after six months is shoddy thinking.
(8) They thoroughly deserve their place even if they had to survive a late scare here, largely because of shoddy finishing prior to that.
(9) Since he joined Dixons from Tesco in 2007 he's made a good stab at repairing the chain's reputation for shoddy customer service, and improving its financial position, leaving the company confident it can repay a make-or-break £160m bond later this year.
(10) Throw in delays and deaths at stadium construction sites, shoddy infrastructure, high murder rates and a presidential election, and it is clear that Brazil could come out of 2014 looking a lot worse than it went in.
(11) Besides Mohammed Ali and Mousani, the other men have all taken shoddy and overloaded boats that capsized, been caught by the authorities and escaped detention – all multiple times.
(12) Never mind the ubiquitous construction cranes or gangland-style killings, accusations of corruption and shoddy work – for now the city is basking in the glory of being home to one of the world's longest suspension bridges.
(13) In the 17th and 18th centuries, British shopkeepers tried to pass off shoddy English-made textiles as Indian in order to charge higher prices for them.
(14) Paul Smaldino, a cognitive scientist who led the work at the University of California, Merced, said: “As long as the incentives are in place that reward publishing novel, surprising results, often and in high-visibility journals above other, more nuanced aspects of science, shoddy practices that maximise one’s ability to do so will run rampant.” Study delivers bleak verdict on validity of psychology experiment results Read more The paper comes as psychologists and biomedical scientists are grappling with an apparent replication crisis , in which many high profile results have been shown to be unreliable.
(15) Councils already struggle to keep tabs on unscrupulous landlords and shoddy properties, she says.
(16) Elderly people have been living in “grim, shoddy and unsafe” conditions in four care homes run by a private company in Cornwall , the health and social care watchdog has found.
(17) Many teachers earn only $630 (£387) monthly, forcing them to do extra jobs, facilities were often shoddy and there was a shortage of instruments, said Juan Carlos Hernández, a veteran instructor.
(18) There is also this film on YouTube , which is far from slick – indeed it's annoyingly shoddy – but it does give a good summary of Freud's influences and development.
(19) England have requested a report from Fifa on the state of the pitch at the Arena da Amazônia, where they kick off their World Cup campaign against Italy on Saturday, amid concerns that the turf is worn and in shoddy condition.
(20) Anchoring the mood was the fact John Terry sustained ankle damage on a shoddy pitch.