Don't do a half-assed job.
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Half-assed
//ˈhæfæst//
Synonyms for "half-assed" (47 found)
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14 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- hutiloitu adj (poorly or incompetently done)
- juosten kustu adj (poorly or incompetently done)
French
3 entries- bâclé adj (poorly or incompetently done)
- ni fait ni à faire adj (poorly or incompetently done)
- à l'arrache adj (poorly or incompetently done)
German
1 entries- schludrig adj (poorly or incompetently done)
Polish
2 entries- na pół gwizdka adj (poorly or incompetently done)
- niedorobiony adj (poorly or incompetently done)
Portuguese
1 entries- meia boca adj (poorly or incompetently done)
Spanish
4 entries- chapucero adj (poorly or incompetently done)
- charanguero adj (poorly or incompetently done)
- cutre adj (poorly or incompetently done)
- fulastre adj (poorly or incompetently done)
Tamil
1 entries- அரைகுறை adj (poorly or incompetently done)
Sample sentences
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"Your language doesn't exist and shouldn't exist because there is no algorithm to solve this problem." "Interesting but my suggestion is that you take your algorithmic incompetence and shove it up the ass your political leader. He's the one who came up with this idea and he's the one who needs this type of pea-brained arguments to justify his half-assed political views."
Source: tatoeba (10101406)
He wouldn't want you to do anything half-assed.
Source: tatoeba (10701838)
Near-synonym: halfhearted
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