half-ass

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.
 * 2) * 1969, The End of the Road by John Barth (page 155)
 * the only abortion she could get even in the city would be a half-ass job by some half-ass doctor who could mess her up for the rest of her life

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Verb

 * 1)  To perform a task incompletely or carelessly.
 * 2) * 2002, Guardians of the Eagle by John D. Messer (page 102)
 * if you're working for me and I send you to do a job and you half-ass it, that reflects on me. In civilian life, we'd just fire you. Here I can't get rid of you.
 * if you're working for me and I send you to do a job and you half-ass it, that reflects on me. In civilian life, we'd just fire you. Here I can't get rid of you.

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