What's the difference between precipitious and slapdash?
Precipitious
Definition:
(a.) Precipitous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Studies in healthy individuals demonstrate that serum chromium concentrations fall precipitiously following the intravenous administration of a 30-gm.
(2) Daily peripheral serum concentrations of progesterone were maintained or slightly elevated despite removal of the corpus luteum (CL), while serum estradiol concentrations fell precipitiously (P less than 0.05).
(3) The infant mortality rate in Sri Lanka has fallen precipitiously since World War II, to 44 per 1000 births, a rate that is similar to a number of Western Countries.
(4) Initially, cardiac output and arterial pressure drop precipitiously, despite a transient rise in systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance.
(5) The danger involved in highly active locomotor play performed on steeply sloped areas is presumably outweighed by the physical training benefit for an adult life spent moving in precipitious areas.
(6) Probable causes for this precipitious decline of mortality are discussed.
(7) In one patient, nitroglycerin led to a precipitious fall in arterial pressure andrecurrence of chest pain.
(8) In all 12 volunteers, serum NET levels rose rapidly after oral intake, reaching peak levels within .5-4 hours (median, 1.5) and fell precipitiously thereafter.
(9) A male neonate, the product of a precipitious, instrumented, footling breech delivery, exhibited seizures at the age of 18 hours.
(10) Immediately after the termination of exercise the blood pressure fell precipitiously to a highly significant degree.
(11) The documentary shows a death-defying helicopter journey through the Alps with Armstrong's legs hanging out of the door to give a clear shot of the precipitious valleys and mountains.
(12) Conversely, the abundance of a number of individual NHCP decreased precipitiously in PHC chromatin; and, additionally, two high-molecular-weight NHCP present in normal chromatins were not detectable in background and PHC chromatin.
(13) There are new challenges in investigations and therapy to be considered, some of which are being somewhat precipitiously put into practice.
(14) The viewpoint is emphasized that MRS is a critical care instrument where precipitious changes of oxidative metabolism lead to the well-known stroke, heart failure, liver failure, kidney failure, etc.
Slapdash
Definition:
(adv.) In a bold, careless manner; at random.
(adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.
(v. t.) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
Example Sentences:
(1) This was, as the German said, “spectacular, wild football” featuring marvellous attacking and slapdash defending.
(2) After more slapdash Liverpool defending and with Martin Skrtel backing off, Adam strode through to drive low into the corner before Steve N’Zonzi bent a magnificent shot past Mignolet from outside the area.
(3) Joanne McCartney, Labour London Assembly member and police and crime spokesperson, said: "To rush this through is typical of Boris's slapdash approach to issues of crucial importance to Londoners.
(4) Judging by the slapdash nature of the marking at that set piece, Hughton’s side were missing the customarily commanding presence of the suspended Lewis Dunk at the heart of their defence.
(5) "The FA appears to have done no thorough research on their employees, it looks slapdash and unprofessional.
(6) With Cheik Tioté and Moussa Sissoko back to their best Newcastle United not only hinted at what might have been had Rafael Benítez’s appointment come a little sooner but also highlighted Manchester City’s slapdash tendencies.
(7) It's only on until 24 August, so I'm afraid this column will be even more slapdash than usual because I have a plane to Spain to catch.
(8) It was a good goal but its origins were rooted in slapdash defending on a day when, unusually, Daryl Janmaat struggled.
(9) It was an excellent finish but marking rarely comes more slapdash.
(10) This year we have the UK debut of Julian McCullough, a disheveled New Jerseyan whose stand-up majors on his own personal failings and slapdash approach to life.
(11) It was elegance with a serrated edge, as the Spurs recovered from a slapdash start to win 104-87 in a clinical, yet feverish, display that underlined their superiority and dethroned the reigning NBA champions, denying Miami their third title in three years.
(12) José Mourinho has claimed Ramires's ugly foul and red card in Saturday's Premier League defeat at Aston Villa was largely borne of frustration at the referee Chris Foy's slapdash performance.
(13) They cannot possibly be any more slapdash than last year’s, when the players made their own packed lunches in northern Italy and won one game 16-0 against opponents more accustomed to waiting on tables.
(14) This time Dimitri Payet’s slapdash pass sold James Tomkins horribly short an Lens nipped in to assume possession.
(15) But it is not the stories themselves that shock me – in any profession you will find cases of incompetence – but the slapdash and cosy way the authorities dealt with the doctors at fault.
(16) Most jobs don't ask for any particular skill beyond showing up, and much expertise is viewed with suspicion in a silly, slapdash world where the term "gatekeeper" is waved about like the lowest possible term of abuse.
(17) Certain players wearing black and white had temporarily come over a little slapdash but one was exempt from criticism.
(18) Labour pounced on it, a "welovethenhs" hashtag went viral on Twitter and Cameron was forced to dismiss his pushy young colleague's slapdash views – most of the 1.4 million NHS staff are administrators, claimed Hannan – as "eccentric".
(19) Nonetheless, his longer novels have sometimes suffered from the slapdash impatience that runs rife through China's marketised literary economy, often affecting professionalism in both writing and editing.
(20) At worst, it's a contender for gaming raspberry of the year – a slapdash effort that frankly feels unfinished, with mechanics lazily copied from far-superior games.