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[ haf-ast, hahf- ] / ˈhæfˈæst, ˈhɑf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR half-assed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective Slang: Vulgar.insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed. incompetent; lacking sufficient ability or knowledge. Origin of half-assedFirst recorded in 1960–65; half + ass2 + -ed3 Words nearby half-assedhalf a mind, half-and-half, half and half nail, half-arsed, half-asleep, half-assed, half-awake, halfback, half-baked, half-ball, half bath Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for half-assedWhat a throwaway, half-assed response devoid of any sort of research. Macklemore, the Grammy Winning Rapper, Is a 9/11 Truther Who Likes to Play Anti-Semitic Dress-Up|Emily Shire, Marlow Stern|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Somers has gotten a lot of flak for her crazy assertions and half-assed medical theories. Suzanne Somers’s 13 Craziest Quotes: Sex, Adam Lanza, Patrick Swayze, and More|Amy Zimmerman|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was “half-assed,” observes a Middle East insider close to the administration. Why Obama Will Ignore Israel|Peter Beinart|December 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Instead, the studio got a half-assed explanation: “No points for early,” I argue. ‘White Collar’ Creator Jeff Eastin: My Biggest Con|Jeff Eastin|July 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Had the SEC done even a half-assed job, the Ponzi scheme would have been discovered a decade ago. How the Government Screwed Madoff Victims Again|Burt Ross|March 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST I didn't do it, and I can beat any case that half-assed ex-ambulance-chaser, Farnsworth, could dream up against me. Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for half-assed
adjective US and Canadian slangincompetent; inept lacking efficiency or organization Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to half-assedsuperficial, offhand, random, perfunctory, sketchy, desultory, brief, careless, fast, half-baked, haphazard, hit or miss, hurried, passing, quick, rapid, shallow, short, slapdash, slight |