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Figger1
02-06-2019, 01:57 AM
Did you get the names mixed up, a super shoddy chair is made at a lower skill level than a shoddy chair and the shoddy chair is better than the super shoddy chair. Super usually means it is better but not now.

Mjytresz
02-06-2019, 10:24 AM
A hyphen would solve the problem. It's not really a "super" shoddy chair but rather a "super-shoddy" chair, that is, a particularly bad shoddy chair.

ShieldBreaker
02-06-2019, 10:26 AM
I think it was as intended. It is close to saying a Very Shoddy Chair. The super is an adverb to the word shoddy in this case.

If it turned out to be a common issue of misunderstanding some replacement words for super could be:
exceedingly
remarkably
extraordinarily
awfully

I could see how it could be a little confusing, but think the word choice is done for a tone or humor reason.