Sentence examples for Shoddy quality from inspiring English sources

Shoddy quality control plagues American medicine, killing at least a hundred thousand people every year and running up an estimated $500 billion a year in avoidable medical costs, or 30% of all health care spending.

The shoddy quality of his concert performing speaks to a more complicated relationship.

Britain was a surprising choice, given its history of bitter strikes, shoddy quality and low productivity.

Or so Ford said: because of shoddy quality control, a forceful punch was often required.

It is estimated that he underwent dozens of procedures, many of which were botched or of shoddy quality.

Still, Ms. Sanchez said she was concerned about the shoddy quality of some work by black authors.

The man, 33-year-old Alan Hogan, provided deposition testimony that shoddy quality-control practices persisted at the Firestone plant and that workers were pressured to meet quotas and frequently used substandard materials, including old rubber stock, to make the ATX tires.

"But part of the growing demand for information is an impatience with the shoddy, unreliable quality of a lot of what's delivered," he added, "so the need for a solid, authoritative publication like Britannica is actually growing".

The shoddy video quality and jitters clearly didn't belong to an HD feed, despite the ESPN America HD logo in the lower right hand corner.

Research he co-authored (with Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University) found that low-income kids getting federal child care subsidies actually ended up with more emotional and intellectual problems than low-income kids whose parents cobbled together care on their own -- most likely, he says, because the limited money available was usually paying for shoddy, low-quality providers. .

The 500 will need its considerable European charm to overcome Americans' aversion to itty-bitty cars, not to mention their lingering memories of Fiat's shoddy reputation for quality.