half-assedとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Probably a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.^[1]

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæfæst/

形容詞

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

1. Poorly or incompetently done.
2. desultory

動詞

half-assed

1. simple past tense and past participle of half-ass

参考

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

参照

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2022), “half-assed adj.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
• 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), first edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 949.