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Thesaurus / half-assed

half-assed

SEE DEFINITION OF half-assed
  • as incursory

other words for half-assed

  • desultory
  • offhand
  • perfunctory
  • random
  • sketchy
  • superficial
  • brief
  • careless
  • depthless
  • fast
  • half-baked
  • haphazard
  • hit or miss
  • hurried
  • passing
  • quick
  • rapid
  • shallow
  • short
  • slapdash
  • slight
  • sloppy
  • speedy
  • summary
  • swift
  • uncritical
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB

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

Murder in the GunroomHenry Beam Piper

opposites of half-assed

  • careful
  • detailed
  • complete
  • meticulous
  • painstaking
  • perfect
  • thorough
  • unhurried
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

WORDS RELATED TO HALF-ASSED

cursory

adjectivecasual, hasty
  • brief
  • careless
  • depthless
  • desultory
  • fast
  • half-assed
  • half-baked
  • haphazard
  • hit or miss
  • hurried
  • offhand
  • passing
  • perfunctory
  • quick
  • random
  • rapid
  • shallow
  • short
  • sketchy
  • slapdash
  • slight
  • sloppy
  • speedy
  • summary
  • superficial
  • swift
  • uncritical
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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