"half-assed" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈhæfæst/ [General-American], /hæfˈæst/ [General-American] Forms: more half-assed [comparative], most half-assed [superlative]
Etymology: Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard. Etymology templates: {{m|en|haphazard}} haphazard Head templates: {{en-adj}} half-assed (comparative more half-assed, superlative most half-assed)
  1. (slang) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory. Tags: slang Translations (poorly or incompetently done): juosten kustu (Finnish), hutiloitu (Finnish), bâclé (French), ni fait ni à faire (French), à l’arrache (French), meia boca (Portuguese), cutre (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-half-assed-en-adj-wpgFIaiz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-arsed [Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhæfæst/ [General-American], /hæfˈæst/ [General-American]
Etymology: Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard. Etymology templates: {{m|en|haphazard}} haphazard Head templates: {{head|en|verb form|head=half-assed}} half-assed
  1. simple past and past participle of half-ass Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: half-ass Related terms: half-ass, half ass, half-baked, half-cocked, half-measure, quarter-assed
    Sense id: en-half-assed-en-verb-33hpZE6b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-arsed [Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK]

Alternative forms

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