shoddiest

shoddiest
shod·dy || 'ʃɑdɪ /'ʃɒdɪ n. cheap cloth made from recycled wool; clothing of inferior quality; phony item, something that is cheap adj. cheap, inferior, of poor quality; phony, imitative, fake

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