"half-assed" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhæfæst/ [General-American], /hæfˈæst/ [General-American] Forms: more half-assed [comparative], most half-assed [superlative]
Etymology: Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard. Head templates: {{en-adj}} half-assed (comparative more half-assed, superlative most half-assed)
  1. (slang, sometimes considered, vulgar) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory. Tags: slang, vulgar 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), chapucero [masculine] (Spanish), fulastre (Spanish), charanguero (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-half-assed-en-adj-wpgFIaiz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-arsed [Commonwealth, Ireland, UK]

Verb

IPA: /ˈhæfæst/ [General-American], /hæfˈæst/ [General-American]
Etymology: Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of 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): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-arsed [Commonwealth, Ireland, UK]

Alternative forms

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          "word": "juosten kustu"
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          "word": "ni fait ni à faire"
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          "word": "à l’arrache"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
          "word": "meia boca"
        },
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          "word": "cutre"
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          "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
          "word": "fulastre"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
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      "word": "ni fait ni à faire"
    },
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      "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
      "word": "à l’arrache"
    },
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      "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
      "word": "meia boca"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
      "word": "cutre"
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      "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
      "word": "fulastre"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "poorly or incompetently done",
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