half-ass
(slang, somewhat, vulgar) Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.
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Heya, Death. Don’t mind visiting me in my sleep or something? Promise I won’t try to stick myself in ya. Unless ya want that. Totally chill. But yeah, let’s just say regular sleep ain’t doing enough. Don’t half-…
never half-ass one thing, especially something so important
I can't imagine running for office without wanting to give 100%. That's so much effort and time and stress to half-ass it.
The entire tear down threw unmitigated particulates into the air, with no runoff protections and no permits. They literally just rolled track hoes and bulldozers across the lawn and knocked it down half-ass. No attemp…
do you get like, everything in the daily shop always. or do you level up loads of supports and potential levels cus i kinda half-ass those
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(slang, somewhat, vulgar) Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.
“do you get like, everything in the daily shop always. or do you level up loads of supports and potential levels cus i kinda half-ass those”
“Figured I should clean up the Philco Model 60 better trading it I'm going to kind of half-ass and alignment later too, I think”
“SHUT THE FUCK You 🫵 Married me because I can't half-ass anything and why did YOU 🫵 think this would be any different!? HAHAHA I need to lie down”
“do you get like, everything in the daily shop always. or do you level up loads of supports and potential levels cus i kinda half-ass those”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Figured I should clean up the Philco Model 60 better trading it I'm going to kind of half-ass and alignment later too, I think”
— Bluesky· May 2026“SHUT THE FUCK You 🫵 Married me because I can't half-ass anything and why did YOU 🫵 think this would be any different!? HAHAHA I need to lie down”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Break it… Do a half-ass job fixing it… Pump arms above your head and declare victory. The Trump way.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(slang, somewhat, vulgar, transitive) To perform a task incompletely or carelessly.
“Heya, Death. Don’t mind visiting me in my sleep or something? Promise I won’t try to stick myself in ya. Unless ya want that. Totally chill. But yeah, let’s just say regular sleep ain’t doing enough. Don’t half-ass it. I saw what happened to Godwyn and Ranni. Be thorough.”
“never half-ass one thing, especially something so important”
“I can't imagine running for office without wanting to give 100%. That's so much effort and time and stress to half-ass it.”
Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.
“Heya, Death. Don’t mind visiting me in my sleep or something? Promise I won’t try to stick myself in ya. Unless ya want that. Totally chill. But yeah, let’s just say regular sleep ain’t doing enough. Don’t half-ass it. I saw what happened to Godwyn and Ranni. Be thorough.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“never half-ass one thing, especially something so important”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I can't imagine running for office without wanting to give 100%. That's so much effort and time and stress to half-ass it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The entire tear down threw unmitigated particulates into the air, with no runoff protections and no permits. They literally just rolled track hoes and bulldozers across the lawn and knocked it down half-ass. No attempt to save architectural artifacts, no planning.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Good. Now they need to fire Abbott and Paxton too. Let's don't half-ass this heave-ho!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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