NichiDict

ずさん

杜撰
[zusan]

Meanings

1.Adj-naNoun

careless; sloppy; faulty

2.Noun

using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

Examples

杜撰な管理体制が事故の原因となった。

A sloppy management system was the cause of the accident.

杜撰な計画では成功は望めない。

You cannot hope for success with a careless plan.

報告書の内容が杜撰だと厳しく指摘された。

It was sternly pointed out that the report's content was sloppy.