half-assed
Americanadjective
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insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
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incompetent; lacking sufficient ability or knowledge.
adjective
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incompetent; inept
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lacking efficiency or organization
Etymology
Origin of half-assed
Example Sentences
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“Let’s end this culture of half-assed solutions,” she said — also noting that there were “some folks” who “didn’t want me to come here today.”
From Los Angeles Times
Reichardt is laying bare a privileged man’s half-assed delinquency, especially with O’Connor so hypnotic at conveying self-absorbed cluelessness with his woeful eyes, posture and movement.
From Los Angeles Times
She adds, “I wouldn’t be able to do this show half-assed.”
From Los Angeles Times
Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.
From Slate
"Unfortunately, my body is telling me that I'm just not ready yet and I am much too proud to have the first show that I do in nearly five years be half-assed," he wrote in a statement.
From BBC
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