half-assed

adj

half-assed

adj

US /ˈhæfæst/

Etymology Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.

1

Slang, Vulgar Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.

Near-synonym: halfhearted
a half-assed attempt at something

1 more example

We’ve been settling for half-assed bullshit for too long.2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:

Derived terms: half-assedly, half-assedness

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