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
Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024
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
It was really classy, like something you might find at a semi-pro baseball stadium or some half-assed rock venue.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
