half-assedadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːfˈast/, U.S.

/ˌhæfˈæst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., assed adj.

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

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse.

A. adj.

1. Of a person: contemptible, ridiculous; ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent; characterized by poor or half-hearted performance of an action, role, etc.; = half-arsed 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] > ineffective > specifically of a person

nebbish1843

ineffectual1865

pantywaist1938

wimpy1967

wussy1977

1863 Gen. Orders War Dept. 1861–3 2 July (1864) II. cciv. 233 That he, the said Captain John H. Behan..did use abusive and grossly insulting language to Joseph B. Hamilton..in words as follows, to wit : ‘There goes our half-assed Adjutant’.

1926 E. Hemingway Let. 14 Nov. (2015) III. 143 That disappointed half assed fairy English jew ass licking stage husband literary figure.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 183 A half-assed critic..thinks he has to make you unhappy before you'll take him seriously.

2015 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 8 Nov. 1 f Oh, they would never put me on Broadway in this... They're into casting whatever half-assed TV star wants to work there.

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

1938 S. C. Howard Ghost of Yankee Doodle ii. 57 The same halfway, half-baked, half-assed thinking!

1951 in F. Davis & G. J. Nollet Community Newspaper Metrop. Chicago (Diss., Univ. Chicago) 97 We've got a half-assed playground there for the kids and that's something!

1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 185/2 Finally we..got the tent up in some half-assed way.

1990 P. Auster Music of Chance ii. 27 Like desperadoes in some half-assed western movie.

2013 M. Zailckas Mother, Mother (2014) 256 Edie made a half-assed attempt at a smile.

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

1941 H. Steig Send me Down iii. 366 Let's start with your knitting. Even that you do half-assed.

1980 Canad. Business Feb. 65/3 You can't go at it half-assed. You've got to be able to excite people and follow through.

2009 B. M. Nguyen Short Girls vi. 108 Even in high school she had done everything half-assed.

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

单词	half-assed
释义	half-assedadj.adv. Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈast/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈæst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., assed adj. Etymology: < half adj. + assed adj. Compare earlier half-arsed adj. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse. A. adj. 1. Of a person: contemptible, ridiculous; ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent; characterized by poor or half-hearted performance of an action, role, etc.; = half-arsed 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] > ineffective > specifically of a person nebbish1843 ineffectual1865 pantywaist1938 wimpy1967 wussy1977 1863 Gen. Orders War Dept. 1861–3 2 July (1864) II. cciv. 233 That he, the said Captain John H. Behan..did use abusive and grossly insulting language to Joseph B. Hamilton..in words as follows, to wit : ‘There goes our half-assed Adjutant’. 1926 E. Hemingway Let. 14 Nov. (2015) III. 143 That disappointed half assed fairy English jew ass licking stage husband literary figure. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 183 A half-assed critic..thinks he has to make you unhappy before you'll take him seriously. 2015 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 8 Nov. 1 f Oh, they would never put me on Broadway in this... They're into casting whatever half-assed TV star wants to work there. 2. Of an action, task, etc.: poorly or incompetently done; (in later use) esp. performed in a desultory or half-hearted manner. Of something produced or created: made without great care, effort, or skill; second-rate. Cf. half-arsed 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 1938 S. C. Howard Ghost of Yankee Doodle ii. 57 The same halfway, half-baked, half-assed thinking! 1951 in F. Davis & G. J. Nollet Community Newspaper Metrop. Chicago (Diss., Univ. Chicago) 97 We've got a half-assed playground there for the kids and that's something! 1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 185/2 Finally we..got the tent up in some half-assed way. 1990 P. Auster Music of Chance ii. 27 Like desperadoes in some half-assed western movie. 2013 M. Zailckas Mother, Mother (2014) 256 Edie made a half-assed attempt at a smile. 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 1941 H. Steig Send me Down iii. 366 Let's start with your knitting. Even that you do half-assed. 1980 Canad. Business Feb. 65/3 You can't go at it half-assed. You've got to be able to excite people and follow through. 2009 B. M. Nguyen Short Girls vi. 108 Even in high school she had done everything half-assed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas half-assed half-assed adj. slang (orig. U.S.) ineffectual, inadequate, mediocre; stupid, inexperienced. ΚΠ 1932 Amer. Speech 7 333 Half-assed, mediocre; insignificant. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 183 A half-assed critic..thinks he has to make you unhappy before you'll take him seriously. extracted from half-comb. form < adj.adv.1863 as lemmas
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half-assedadj.adv.

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