half-assed
Example Sentences
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"My life is not meant to be lived in misery and half-assed," wrote Aiava, who said 2026 would be her last year on tour.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
“Let’s end this culture of half-assed solutions,” she said — also noting that there were “some folks” who “didn’t want me to come here today.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026
Which is why it’s great that Stack Overflow and Drop haven’t half-assed The Key, despite its silly novelty status.
From The Verge • Nov. 3, 2021
Rewriting a three-day-old story and appending an awkward, half-assed correction is not even vaguely OK.
From Salon • May 24, 2021
Who are these nutcases who would volunteer for an artificially daunting situation in order to entertain millions of strangers with their half-assed efforts to survive?
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
