half-assed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /hæfˈæst/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈhæfæst/ (General-American)
Etymology
Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.
Meanings
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(slang, vulgar) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.
We’ve been settling for half-assed bullshit for too long.
2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:Near-synonym: halfhearted
a half-assed attempt at something
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more half-assed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| half-arsed | Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| most half-assed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Synonyms
halfhearted · narrow-assed · half-ass
Translations (10)
fi juosten kustu (poorly or incompetently done) · fr à l'arrache (poorly or incompetently done) · fr ni fait ni à faire (poorly or incompetently done) · pl niedorobiony (poorly or incompetently done) · pt meia boca (poorly or incompetently done) · pl na pół gwizdka (poorly or incompetently done) · ta அரைகுறை (poorly or incompetently done) · de schludrig (poorly or incompetently done) · fi hutiloitu (poorly or incompetently done) · fr bâclé (poorly or incompetently done)