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half-arsed

half-arsed is the alternative spelling of half-assed.

Meaning of half-assed

Adjective

half-assed (comparative more half-assed, superlative most half-assed)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.
    • Near-synonym: halfhearted

Forms of half-arsed

comparativemore half-arsed
superlativemost half-arsed

Questions about half-arsed

What is half-arsed the alternative spelling of?
Half-arsed is the alternative spelling of half-assed.

Words near half-arsed in the dictionary

  1. half-angel
  2. half-angels
  3. half-ape
  4. half-apes
  5. half-arse
  6. half-arsed
  7. half-asleep
  8. half-ass
  9. half-assed
  10. half-assedly
  11. half-assedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: half-arsed (page history and authors); half-assed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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