- half-assed
- adjective Date: circa 1932 1. often vulgar lacking significance, adequacy, or completeness 2. often vulgar lacking intelligence, character, or effectiveness • half-assed adverb, often vulgar
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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half-assed — [ ,hæf æst ] adjective AMERICAN IMPOLITE done in a careless or lazy way: She made a few half assed attempts at doing the exercises, and then gave up … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
half-assed — [haf′ast΄] adj. Slang having or showing little thought, care, or foresight: somewhat vulgar: also half ass … English World dictionary
half-assed — (adj.) ineffectual, 1932, perhaps a humorous mispronunciation of HAPHAZARD (Cf. haphazard) … Etymology dictionary
half-assed — half′ assed′ Slang: Usu. Vulgar. 1) insufficient or haphazard 2) incompetent 3) in a haphazard or incompetent manner • Etymology: 1860–65 … From formal English to slang
half-assed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. slang : lacking significance, adequacy, or completeness : deficient wasn t going to do a half assed job R.O.Bowen 2. slang : lacking intelligence … Useful english dictionary
half-assed — [B] incomplete, half missing There s a guy at the door with a half assed invention for sale … English idioms
half-assed\ piece — When something becomes too difficult to be used. Annoys people to no end, for...it forces peple to try, but to no avail. I got stuck in Max Payne yesterday. What an Ages of crap, half assed piece … Dictionary of american slang
half-assed\ piece — When something becomes too difficult to be used. Annoys people to no end, for...it forces peple to try, but to no avail. I got stuck in Max Payne yesterday. What an Ages of crap, half assed piece … Dictionary of american slang
half-assed — adj ill considered, incomplete, ineffectual. An expression which appeared in British and American usage around the turn of the 20th century. The term may origi nate in the notion of something which has less than a whole solid base or, according… … Contemporary slang
half assed — Synonyms and related words: amateur, amateurish, artless, botched, bungling, clumsy, dabbling, defective, deficient, dilettante, dilettantish, half baked, half cocked, haphazard, hit and miss, hit or miss, immature, inadept, inadequate, inapt,… … Moby Thesaurus
