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
Brennan: Look, I’m not calling “Station Eleven” a failure, or a disaster, or even a half-assed genre entry.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2022
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
