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    [Adjective]  | "half-assed" | \ ˈhaf-ˈast \


    1: lacking significance, adequacy, or completeness

    2: lacking intelligence, character, or effectiveness


    Origin: circa 1932 ;

    [Verb]  | "half-ass" | \ ˈhaf-ˈas \


    1: to do (something) poorly due to lack of care or effort


    Origin: 1954 ;

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     [ "half-assed" ]

    1: Doing an activity only partly, or without one's whole self involved; doing something without caring, or without putting anything into it.

      * e.g.,  ... I do my homework half-assed because I don't like the course. 

     [ "half-assed" ]

    1: Job/task/chore done without putting too much effort in it.

      * e.g.,  ... Those Americans did such a half-assed job on the previous example of the "half-assed" definition. 

     [ "half-assed" ]

    1: Meaning really fucking stupid, not right in the head

      * e.g.,  ... Hes very very half-assed 

     [ "half assed" ]

    1: Someone does a job at say...50% the quality

      * e.g.,  ... This car is fallin' APART,Those mechanics did a really half assed job 

     [ "half ass" ]

    1: To do something with little effort.

      * e.g.,  ... "Why did you do a half ass job cleaning your room? There are dirty clothes under your bed." 


     [ "half ass" ]

    2: Not completely done.

      * e.g.,  ... 1: "How did you get a 57% on that essay? It was easy." 


     [ "half ass" ]

    3: Poorly done.

      * e.g.,  ... 2: "I did a half ass job writing it." 


     [ "half ass" ]

    4: Little or no effort is used in the job/activity.

     [ "half assing" ]

    1: half hartedly working to achieve an objective.

      * e.g.,  ... Many college students are half assing their way through classes. 

     [ "half-ass" ]

    1: (adj). Something incomplete or downright lame, disappointing in its partial quality. Often a task given to a teenage student is done in a half-ass manner.

      * e.g.,  ... You are an hour late and telling me you couldn't get a cab? That's a half-ass excuse! 

     [ "half-ass" ]

    1: The act of doing something without motivation or care as to the quality of the object at hand. To not give a shit.

      * e.g.,  ... Jon: "Damn we have a paper due tommorow?"  

     [ "half-ass" ]

    1: 1)done half-way

      * e.g.,  ... Frankilton half-ass did the work 


     [ "half-ass" ]

    2: 2)No done with quality

     [ "Half-Assed" ]

    1: When you do something but don't give it your all, always resulting in whatever your doing turning out poorly or incorrectly. Doing things Half-Assed is more than just an act, it's a way of life for most Americans.

      * e.g.,  ... Mr.Schoene: Your a smart kid, I don't understand how you're failing so many classes. Jenny: It's because he does a Half-Assed job at everthing he does. Edgar: Well sorry if you don't like my way of life, after all , Half-Assed is the way i was raised. 

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