half-assed
Example Sentences
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The risk of a half-assed strategy is that jurors may miss it.
From Slate
"Unfortunately, my body is telling me that I'm just not ready yet and I am much too proud to have the first show that I do in nearly five years be half-assed," he wrote in a statement.
From BBC
Like any great short story, Scholz’s shows us the truth: Half-assed overmen rule the clever beasts.
From Slate
Unfortunately, my body is telling me that I’m just not ready yet and I am much too proud to have the first show that I do in nearly five years be half-assed.”
From Los Angeles Times
“When we said we’re gonna do it, I said, ‘Look, we can’t do this half-assed.
From Seattle Times
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