half-assed
See also: halfassed
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) half-arsed
Etymology edit
Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæfæst/, /hæfˈæst/
Adjective edit
half-assed (comparative more half-assed, superlative most half-assed)
- (slang) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.
Translations edit
poorly or incompetently done
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Verb edit
- simple past and past participle of half-ass
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “half-assed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “half-assed adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Eric Partridge (2005) “half-assed”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 949.