Definitions for half-assed

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half-assed half-assed

Spelling: [haf-ast, hahf-]

IPA: /ˈhæfˈæst, ˈhɑf-/

Half-Assed is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 279 anagrams from letters in half-assed (-aadefhlss).

Definitions for half-assed

adjective

1. insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
2. incompetent; lacking sufficient ability or knowledge.

Origin of half-assed

First recorded in 1960-65; half + ass² + -ed³

Examples for half-assed

It was “half-assed,” observes a Middle East insider close to the administration.

What a throwaway, half-assed response devoid of any sort of research.

Somers has gotten a lot of flak for her crazy assertions and half-assed medical theories.

I didn't do it, and I can beat any case that half-assed ex-ambulance-chaser, Farnsworth, could dream up against me.

Had the SEC done even a half-assed job, the Ponzi scheme would have been discovered a decade ago.

Instead, the studio got a half-assed explanation: “No points for early,” I argue.