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
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 light from outside was cut into strange strips, weird angles, by the cheap lumber somebody had used to do a half-assed board-up job of the windows.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
