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
Reichardt is laying bare a privileged man’s half-assed delinquency, especially with O’Connor so hypnotic at conveying self-absorbed cluelessness with his woeful eyes, posture and movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Gif: Google While Google’s very late to the party on this one, at least its implementation isn’t half-assed.
From The Verge • May 26, 2022
Rewriting a three-day-old story and appending an awkward, half-assed correction is not even vaguely OK.
From Salon • May 24, 2021
The problem was that Citra was very bad at doing things half-assed.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
