half-assedly
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Meaning · English
In a half-assed manner; poorly or incompetently.
Register: slang, vulgar
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Recycling Americana through predigested pop culture makes Monster Trucks seem indebted to Amblin movies of the ’80s, by way of the boy-and-his-car riff on those same movies Michael Bay half-assedly performed in the first Transformers.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “half-assedly” mean?
In a half-assed manner; poorly or incompetently.
Is “half-assedly” formal or informal?
half-assedly is generally slang, vulgar.