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half-assed
[ haf-ast, hahf- ]
adjective
- insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- incompetent; lacking sufficient ability or knowledge.
half-assed
adjective
- incompetent; inept
- lacking efficiency or organization
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half-assed1
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Example Sentences
The video does include a few half-assed shots of a wolf (though he HARDLY looks dire).
What a throwaway, half-assed response devoid of any sort of research.
Somers has gotten a lot of flak for her crazy assertions and half-assed medical theories.
It was “half-assed,” observes a Middle East insider close to the administration.
Instead, the studio got a half-assed explanation: “No points for early,” I argue.
I didn't do it, and I can beat any case that half-assed ex-ambulance-chaser, Farnsworth, could dream up against me.
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