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yarım yamalak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Possibly from yarım (half) +‎ yamalık (piece of fabric used for patching something up).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jaˈɾɯm.ja.ma.lak/
  • Hyphenation: ya‧rım‧ya‧ma‧lak

Adjective

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yarım yamalak

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) done carelessly or incomplete, flawed, half-baked
    Synonyms: eksik, kusurlu

Declension

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Adverb

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yarım yamalak

  1. (figuratively) in a slapdash, careless manner
    Synonyms: gelişigüzel, üstünkörü, baştan savma
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Further reading

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