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half-assed

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English

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Etymology

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Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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half-assed (comparative more half-assed, superlative most half-assed)

  1. (slang, sometimes considered vulgar) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.
    Synonym: half-ass
    Coordinate terms: quarter-assed, whole-ass
    Near-synonym: halfhearted
    a half-assed attempt at [X]

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Verb

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half-assed

  1. simple past and past participle of half-ass

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “half-assed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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