half-ass

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half-ass(ed) definition


  1. mod.
    clumsy; awkward and ineffectual. (Usually objectionable.) : She only made a half-ass try at passing the test.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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