やっつけ仕し事ごと

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Meanings

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noun

rush job; slipshod work; quick-and-dirty job

Describes work done hastily and carelessly, just to get it finished, often with a negative connotation.

彼かれのレポートはやっつけ仕し事ごとで、内ない容ようが薄うすい。

His report was a rush job and lacks substance.

やっつけ仕し事ごとで終おわらせたので、後あとで修しゅう正せいが必ひつ要ようになった。

I finished it as a quick-and-dirty job, so I had to fix it later.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
事matter, thing, fact
遣dispatch, despatch, send
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words

手て抜ぬき
手抜き means cutting corners or skimping on effort, while やっつけ仕事 emphasizes the rushed, slapdash nature of the work itself.
いい加か減げん
いい加減 describes something half-hearted or irresponsible; やっつけ仕事 is the concrete result of such an attitude.

Written forms

やっつけ仕し事ごと
Standard spelling; the first part is usually written in kana.
遣やっ付つけ仕し事ごと
Kanji spelling using 遣っ付け; rarely used and may be unfamiliar to many readers.

Etymology

From やっつける (to beat, to finish off) + 仕事 (work). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely comes from the idea of 'finishing off' work hastily.