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chapucero — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amateurish adj Lacking skill or polish; looking like the work of a beginner rather than a professional.
  • botched adj Done badly or incompetently, so that the result fails or falls apart.
  • shoddy adj Badly made or of poor quality.
  • sketchy adj Incomplete or lacking in detail; only roughly outlined.
  • slapdash adj Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
  • slipshod adj Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
  • sloppy adj Careless, messy, or lacking neatness or precision.
  • swindler noun A person who cheats others out of money through deception.

Senses

chapucero is used for these senses in English:

  • amateurish (pejorative) Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
  • botched Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
  • half-ass (slang, somewhat, vulgar) Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.
  • half-assed (slang, somewhat, vulgar) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.
  • sketchy (North America, slang) Of questionable or doubtful quality.
  • slapdash Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
  • slipshod Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
  • sloppy Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

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