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half-assery

half-assery noun: the act of half-assing something; carelessness, perfunctoriness.

Noun

half-assery (uncountable)

  1. (vulgar) The act of half-assing something; carelessness, perfunctoriness.
    • This job has to be done right. I won't tolerate any half-assery.
    • Sharon groaned and went limp in her chair; presumably she'd heard all this before. ¶ "—same votes. Same trends. Same half-assery, and the same murders and rapes. Need I go on?"1987, Robert W. Shaw, Abbott and Avery, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 73

Forms of half-assery

alternative formhalfassery

Origin of half-assery

From half-ass + -ery.

Questions about half-assery

What does half-assery mean?
Half-assery means the act of half-assing something; carelessness, perfunctoriness.
What part of speech is half-assery?
Half-assery is a noun.

Words near half-assery in the dictionary

  1. half-asleep
  2. half-ass
  3. half-assed
  4. half-assedly
  5. half-assedness
  6. half-assery
  7. half-asses
  8. half-assing
  9. half-awake
  10. half-back
  11. half-backs

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