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Meaning of "half-arsed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-ARSED

half-arsed play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-ARSED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Arsed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HALF-ARSED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half-arsed in the English dictionary

The definition of half-arsed in the dictionary is incompetent; inept; badly organized.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-ARSED

half-a-crown
half-a-dollar
half-and-half
half-asleep
half-assed
half-awake
half-baked
half-ball
half-binding
half-blind
half-blood
half-blooded
half-blue
half-board
half-boot
half-bottle
half-bound
half-breed
half-brother
half-buried

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-ARSED

accursed
addorsed
arsed
be arsed
cursed
dispersed
emersed
hersed
immersed
interspersed
rat-arsed
smartarsed
submersed
tight-arsed
unrehearsed
unreversed
unversed
versed
well-rehearsed
well-versed

Synonyms and antonyms of half-arsed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-arsed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-ARSED

Find out the translation of half-arsed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-arsed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-arsed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半arsed
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- medio ARSED
570 millions of speakers

English

half-arsed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा arsed
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف arsed
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наполовину arsed
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meia - arsed
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ-আর্সেড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi - Arsed
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Separuh arsed
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halb Arsed
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーフ気になっている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 배회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah-arsed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa arsed
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை மலவாய்ப்புணர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्ध्या आर्सेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım-kýçlý
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

half- arsed
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół arsed
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наполовину arsed
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jumătate - arsed
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό - arsed
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- arsed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv - bredarslat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv arsed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-arsed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-ARSED»

The term «half-arsed» is normally little used and occupies the 110.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-ARSED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-arsed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-ARSED»

Discover the use of half-arsed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-arsed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Can't be Arsed: Half Arsed Shorter Edition
This is properly funny.
Richard Wilson, 2013
2
Paramedic: Lights and Sirens
I lost my patience with him one day and pointed out to him that if he found it necessary to give instructions in a half arsed manner then he should expect to get half arsed results. If he wanted anything better he would have to give instructions in ...
Steven Webb, 2010
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Untitled
... please. ticketk 2 uk a ticket which is cheaper because it is for a child: Two adults and three halves to Manchester, please. sportk 3 first/second half either of two periods of time into which a game is divided half-assed, uk also half-arsed /" hA;f.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
SPORT© 3 first/second half either of two periods of time into which a game is divided half-assed, ux also half-arsed /'haif.aest/ ® /'haef-/ adjective slang disapproving A half-assed idea or plan is stupid or has not been considered carefully ...
‎2008
5
After the Break-Up: A Girl's Guide
I spent quite a few weeks wafting around in some sort of 'half place'—a half-arsed , halfway house break-up place. The veritable no-man's land of dead and dying relationships. We'd broken up but no-one knew yet, so did that mean we hadn't ...
Carrie Sutton, 2012
6
The Yalda Crossing
It never mattered much. Everyone's story. Maybe it's the space out here lets you unwrap yourself. Bastard drove Mum away, Harry says. Hit us. With the driving, he's half run as well. But only half. Half-arsed. Ah well, Harry says finally, cracking  ...
Jennifer Mills, 2012
7
Turning Thirty
... possible to continue your anecdote without fear of looking (a) stupid, (b) boring, or (c) both, because you know at least one person will be polite enough to listen. But as I sat there, open-mouthed, half-arsed anecdote TURNING THIRTY 95.
Mike Gayle, 2005
8
Darkness & Light: A Frank Elder Mystery
Instead of which, if they sacked their half-arsed focus groups and all the rest of the sycophantic hangers-on, and allowed us to take on more officers instead, we might have a cat in hell's chance of solving the occasional fucking crime.
John Harvey, 2007
9
AV Erotica
The Chromers strangely enough crossing by me at one point, slightly fizzled one managed to turn in my direction; the half-arsed grin in recognition of the shared destruction we'd both found ourselves in. Yet I would be walking away from it as ...
Francisco Antonio Seguin, 2010
10
Tiger's Eye: A Memoir
He was shit-scared of hospitals, with half-arsed nurses bossing you about, making you piss in bottles and crap in pans; all metal and rubber and whooshing doors; no dope, no sex, no surf He wasn't about to go anywhere. He just wanted to be ...
Inga Clendinnen, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-ARSED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-arsed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Meet the robot personal assistant so human-like some people have …
No more, no less! There's no interest for our team to fool around with other ideas and have a product that can do seven things kinda half-arsed. «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
2
Heathrow and the strange, far-off days when Britain actually built …
Nothing until two years ago, when there began some unconvincing and seemingly half-arsed wibbling about getting the Chinese or French to ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Iker Casillas Set For Porto Move After Real Madrid Sponsors Bwin …
The end of an era, confirmed in a half-arsed Tweet. And can you think of a more fitting way to bid farewell to a legendary servant than a quick ... «Who Ate All The Pies, Jul 15»
4
The 7 kinds of towns you'll build in Fallout 4
but now imagine a Fallout 4 NPC attempting to navigate a town laid out not by a trained designer but some half-arsed teenager. A smashed ... «GamesRadar+, Jul 15»
5
How Batman: Arkham Knight is saving PC gaming
Take that kind of release, add a refund button that's not going anywhere any time soon, and a half-arsed port suddenly becomes less a cold ... «TechRadar, Jul 15»
6
Modern guru
It's hard to focus on our half-arsed office work interspersed with 10-minute YouTube compilations of passenger planes trying to land in heavy ... «The Age, Jul 15»
7
What happens when the foreign nurses are deported? – cartoon
... NOT to offer jobs to newly qualified nurses (and OTs and psychologists) other than as bank staff in a half-arsed attempt to save some money. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
Art Academy Atelier Review – Duchamp is here!
Years ago, I'd have a desk that was cluttered in half-arsed sketches, blunt pencils and thoroughly-huffed marker pens. Today? That desk is still ... «Lazygamer, Jun 15»
9
It's time to break up these insular journo-circles: They are the real …
... people as possible, are usually half-arsed and condescending if they happen at all, with the possible exception of CULC during the election. «The Cambridge Student, Jun 15»
10
Matt Williams: why Unilever's The Foundry takes the CSR argument …
Creating half-arsed ideas to tick a box. Or coming up with something just because it might win an award. The Unilever Foundry shows that ... «More About Advertising | Insights into Advertising, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Half-Arsed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/half-arsed>. Apr 2024 ».
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