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

“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

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

She adds, “I wouldn’t be able to do this show half-assed.”

From Los Angeles Times

Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.

From Slate