half-assedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhæfæst/, /hæfˈæst/

形容詞

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

1. (slang, somewhat vulgar) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.

   Synonym: half-ass

   Coordinate terms: quarter-assed, whole-ass

   Near-synonym: halfhearted

   a half-assed attempt at something

派生語

動詞

half-assed

1. simple past and past participle of half-ass

参考

• half-baked
• half-cocked
• half-measure

参照

Further reading

• “half-assed adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• Eric Partridge (2005), “half-assed”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 949.