Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not well planned or executed.
- adjective Incompetent.
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- adjective
poorly orincompetently done
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Examples
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Adobe and its codec licensors have done a half-assed job of optimizing their code.
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I was cruising with a pair of calipers and tagging the trees and keeping a half-assed inventory.
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I'll never, ever again be able to grin and bear lousy rping, ooc nonsense, and half-assed worldbuilding in Second Life.
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In part, I blame the Weinstein Company's half-assed release of the film.
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I'll never, ever again be able to grin and bear lousy rping, ooc nonsense, and half-assed worldbuilding in Second Life.
Howard Hughes vs. the Expectations of the 21st Century greygirlbeast 2010
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If I don't strike gold there, maybe one of the television stations will air it as their half-assed tribute.
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Though, I would recommend you put more effort in than you did in this half-assed logical fallacy you call an argument.
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Much like her life and political career, OSarah bin Palin prepares half-assed and at the last minute.
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If I don't strike gold there, maybe one of the television stations will air it as their half-assed tribute.
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In part, I blame the Weinstein Company's half-assed release of the film.
Howard Hughes turns 12. thingunderthest 2010
john commented on the word half-assed
Lame, incomplete, poorly done. The opposite of full-assed.
September 18, 2007