half-arsedadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːfˈɑːst/, U.S.

/ˌhæfˈɑrst/

Etymology: < half adv. + arsed adj. Compare half-assed adj.

colloquial.Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse.The form half-arsed is now rare in North America, where half-assed adj. and adv. is the usual form.

A. adj.

1. Of a person: contemptible, ridiculous; ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent; characterized by poor or half-hearted performance of an action, role, etc.; = half-assed adj. 1.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective]

weak1423

simple-hearted?c1425

good1480

innocent1548

plain-headeda1586

simple1604

green1605

zany1616

soft1621

ungifted1637

softly1652

half-witted1712

simple-minded1749

simpletonic1780

simpletonian1800

sawney1805

simpletonish1819

simply disposed1848

putty-headed1857

cabbage-looking1898

goonish1921

wally1922

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]

idlec825

unnuteOE

bricklec1225

tooma1250

unnaita1250

vaina1300

waste1303

overvoida1382

voida1382

superfluec1384

daylessa1387

unbehovely1390

unprofitablea1398

unbehoveful1429

wastefulc1450

idleful1483

fruster1488

vainful1509

frustrate?a1513

superfluousa1533

addle1534

lost1535

fittle1552

futilea1575

nugatory1605

futilous1607

shiftless1613

tympanous1625

emptya1628

frustraneousa1643

pointless1673

futilitous1765

otiose1795

stultificatory1931

1811 Northern Whig (Hudson, N.Y.) 5 Apr. 3/4 Republicans! I have got so hoarse I cannot halloo—you must cry out—‘C********** H****! the half-arsed tory!—Huzza!’.

1940 J. Wheelwright Polit. Self-Portrait 40 Half-arsed martyrs to the feel of thinking.

1966 G. Kersh Angel & Cuckoo 189 The half-arsed Dulwich College rugger-bugger she's been engaged to.

2011 Times 3 Sept. 20/4 I..decided not to be a novelist after all, but a whingeing critic and half-arsed television presenter instead.

2. Of something produced or created: made without great care or skill; second-rate. Of an action, task, etc.: poorly or incompetently done; (in later use esp.) performed in a desultory or half-hearted manner. Cf. half-assed adj. 2.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective]

salec1299

bastarda1348

sorry1372

slight1393

shrewd1426

singlec1449

backc1450

soberc1450

lesser1464

silly?a1500

starven1546

mockado1577

subaltern1578

bastardly1583

wooden1592

starved1604

perishing1605

starveling1611

minor1612

starvy1647

potsherd1655

low1727

la-la1800

waif1824

lathen1843

one-eyed1843

snide1859

bobbery1873

jerkwater1877

low-grade1878

shoddy1882

tinhorn1886

jerk1893

cheapie1898

shaganappi1900

buckeye1906

reach-me-down1907

pissy1922

crappy1928

cruddy1935

el cheapo1967

pound shop1989

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough > done in a slovenly manner

scambling1589

slubbered1602

slovened1817

1934 A. Binns Lightship xvi. 345 If we do pull out of this don't go saying it was your half-arsed sails that did it.

1961 A. West Trend is Up ix. 386 You don't know what it is to worry about what half-arsed thing your own son is going to pull on you next.

1972 Observer 24 Sept. 35/2 The sort of half-arsed dottiness they dish out in West End comedies.

1998 Times 17 July 37/6 They have a really good verse and chorus and then two half-arsed verses.

2013 Guardian 12 June (G2 section) 5/1 It was some time after this that I took a long, soft look at my slapdash, half-arsed approach to life.

B. adv.

Poorly, unsatisfactorily; in a desultory or half-hearted manner; carelessly, incompetently.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adverb]

poorlyc1230

badlyc1400

meanly1550

inferiorly1605

indifferently1676

queerly1699

awfully1815

shickery1851

shoddily1899

terribly1906

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb]

recklesslyeOE

lighteOE

yemeleslichec1000

lightlyOE

recklessa1450

slightlya1557

uncaredly?1590

wretchlessly?16..

incuriously1603

uncarefully1655

carelessly1667

slightily1679

slapdash1680

lashly1691

cavalierly1718

negligent1738

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > without thoroughness or exactness

lightlyOE

overly1440

superficially1526

slovenly1548

glancingly1556

overrunningly1561

cursorily1565

perfunctorily1581

sloven-like1589

cursoriwise1598

perfunctoriously1609

slubberingly1622

cursitorily1628

skimmingly1847

unscrutinizingly1891

sloppily1898

1978 A. Wesker Visit in Said Old Man to Young Man 145 I'm trying to break from it yet I have guilts from trying. Guilts end me up doing everything half-arsed.

1992 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 Mar. (Late ed.) (Sport section) 38 There were a lot of coaches who didn't take it too seriously and so they only played half-arsed.

2009 K. Edwards 30-something & over It xxxiv. 212 I know what I want to do now, but I don't want to do it half-arsed.

Derivatives

half-ˈarsedness n.

1990 C. Adams Straight Dope in Reader (Chicago) 9 Mar. 2/1 The mile..is more the result of congenital British half-arsedness than conspiracy.

2008 Times 18 Oct. 19/4 Gone are benign neglect, cheery half-arsedness, ‘very nice, dear’ vagueness and rumpled make-do.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-arsed
释义	half-arsedadj.adv. Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈɑːst/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈɑrst/ Etymology: < half adv. + arsed adj. Compare half-assed adj. colloquial.Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse.The form half-arsed is now rare in North America, where half-assed adj. and adv. is the usual form. A. adj. 1. Of a person: contemptible, ridiculous; ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent; characterized by poor or half-hearted performance of an action, role, etc.; = half-assed adj. 1. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] weak1423 simple-hearted?c1425 good1480 innocent1548 plain-headeda1586 simple1604 green1605 zany1616 soft1621 ungifted1637 softly1652 half-witted1712 simple-minded1749 simpletonic1780 simpletonian1800 sawney1805 simpletonish1819 simply disposed1848 putty-headed1857 cabbage-looking1898 goonish1921 wally1922 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] idlec825 unnuteOE bricklec1225 tooma1250 unnaita1250 vaina1300 waste1303 overvoida1382 voida1382 superfluec1384 daylessa1387 unbehovely1390 unprofitablea1398 unbehoveful1429 wastefulc1450 idleful1483 fruster1488 vainful1509 frustrate?a1513 superfluousa1533 addle1534 lost1535 fittle1552 futilea1575 nugatory1605 futilous1607 shiftless1613 tympanous1625 emptya1628 frustraneousa1643 pointless1673 futilitous1765 otiose1795 stultificatory1931 1811 Northern Whig (Hudson, N.Y.) 5 Apr. 3/4 Republicans! I have got so hoarse I cannot halloo—you must cry out—‘C******** H*! the half-arsed tory!—Huzza!’. 1940 J. Wheelwright Polit. Self-Portrait* 40 Half-arsed martyrs to the feel of thinking. 1966 G. Kersh Angel & Cuckoo 189 The half-arsed Dulwich College rugger-bugger she's been engaged to. 2011 Times 3 Sept. 20/4 I..decided not to be a novelist after all, but a whingeing critic and half-arsed television presenter instead. 2. Of something produced or created: made without great care or skill; second-rate. Of an action, task, etc.: poorly or incompetently done; (in later use esp.) performed in a desultory or half-hearted manner. Cf. half-assed adj. 2. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] salec1299 bastarda1348 sorry1372 slight1393 shrewd1426 singlec1449 backc1450 soberc1450 lesser1464 silly?a1500 starven1546 mockado1577 subaltern1578 bastardly1583 wooden1592 starved1604 perishing1605 starveling1611 minor1612 starvy1647 potsherd1655 low1727 la-la1800 waif1824 lathen1843 one-eyed1843 snide1859 bobbery1873 jerkwater1877 low-grade1878 shoddy1882 tinhorn1886 jerk1893 cheapie1898 shaganappi1900 buckeye1906 reach-me-down1907 pissy1922 crappy1928 cruddy1935 el cheapo1967 pound shop1989 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough > done in a slovenly manner scambling1589 slubbered1602 slovened1817 1934 A. Binns Lightship xvi. 345 If we do pull out of this don't go saying it was your half-arsed sails that did it. 1961 A. West Trend is Up ix. 386 You don't know what it is to worry about what half-arsed thing your own son is going to pull on you next. 1972 Observer 24 Sept. 35/2 The sort of half-arsed dottiness they dish out in West End comedies. 1998 Times 17 July 37/6 They have a really good verse and chorus and then two half-arsed verses. 2013 Guardian 12 June (G2 section) 5/1 It was some time after this that I took a long, soft look at my slapdash, half-arsed approach to life. B. adv. Poorly, unsatisfactorily; in a desultory or half-hearted manner; carelessly, incompetently. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adverb] poorlyc1230 badlyc1400 meanly1550 inferiorly1605 indifferently1676 queerly1699 awfully1815 shickery1851 shoddily1899 terribly1906 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] recklesslyeOE lighteOE yemeleslichec1000 lightlyOE recklessa1450 slightlya1557 uncaredly?1590 wretchlessly?16.. incuriously1603 uncarefully1655 carelessly1667 slightily1679 slapdash1680 lashly1691 cavalierly1718 negligent1738 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > without thoroughness or exactness lightlyOE overly1440 superficially1526 slovenly1548 glancingly1556 overrunningly1561 cursorily1565 perfunctorily1581 sloven-like1589 cursoriwise1598 perfunctoriously1609 slubberingly1622 cursitorily1628 skimmingly1847 unscrutinizingly1891 sloppily1898 1978 A. Wesker Visit in Said Old Man to Young Man 145 I'm trying to break from it yet I have guilts from trying. Guilts end me up doing everything half-arsed. 1992 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 Mar. (Late ed.) (Sport section) 38 There were a lot of coaches who didn't take it too seriously and so they only played half-arsed. 2009 K. Edwards 30-something & over It xxxiv. 212 I know what I want to do now, but I don't want to do it half-arsed. Derivatives half-ˈarsedness n. Π 1990 C. Adams Straight Dope in Reader (Chicago) 9 Mar. 2/1 The mile..is more the result of congenital British half-arsedness than conspiracy. 2008 Times 18 Oct. 19/4 Gone are benign neglect, cheery half-arsedness, ‘very nice, dear’ vagueness and rumpled make-do. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas half-arsed half-arsed adj. ΚΠ 1961 A. West Trend is Up ix. 386 You don't know what it is to worry about what half-arsed thing your own son is going to pull on you next. 1972 Observer 24 Sept. 35/2 The sort of half-arsed dottiness they dish out in West End comedies. extracted from half-comb. form < adj.adv.1811 as lemmas
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half-arsedadj.adv.

Derivatives

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