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  • Half-assed IM2. bobby s when are they going to stop putting m. night's picture on the poster?

    Up In The Air, Iron Man 2, Shutter Island and Last Airbender Promo Posters | /Film 2009

  • Half-assed defeats are dangerous, and yield no lessons that stick.

    Is Gotham Worth Saving? 2005

  • Half-assed is done and maybe even barely acceptable, even if it's underwhelming, while full-assed would be done completely and thoroughly, but wrong or badly enough that it has to be redone.

    languagehat.com: THE ASS HALF FULL. 2005

  • On the left: Half-assed is obviously just a contemporary, vulgarized variation on half-hearted.

    languagehat.com: THE ASS HALF FULL. 2005

  • Half-assed writing in any genre and in any profession -- letters, reports, summaries, briefs, memos, anything written -- means (1) you don't care, (2) you don't believe it and (3) I shouldn't read it -- especially if I am a client, boss, judge or other "editor".

    What About Clients? 2010

  • Christmas Card - Half-assed salutations from random relatives you don't care about.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Half-assed writing in any genre and in any profession -- letters, reports, summaries, briefs, memos, anything written -- means (1) you don't care, (2) you don't believe it and (3) I shouldn't read it -- especially if I am a client, boss, judge or other "editor".

    What About Paris? JD Hull 2010

  • Half-assed writing in any genre and in any profession -- letters, reports, summaries, briefs, memos, anything written -- means (1) you don't care, (2) you don't believe it and (3) I shouldn't read it -- especially if I am a client, boss, judge or other "editor".

    What About Clients? JD Hull 2010

  • Half-assed namby-pamby measures aren't going to satisfy anymore.

    Seeing the Forest 2009

  • Yahoo Photos and AOL Pictures: Half-assed API (Yahoo's was even web-only, so you couldn't write a desktop application for it).

    ProgrammableWeb 2009

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