Dictionary entry

Shoddy (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shod″dy, a. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.

Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. Compton Reade.