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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not well planned or executed.
  • adjective Incompetent.

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  • adjective poorly or incompetently done

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  • Lame, incomplete, poorly done. The opposite of full-assed.

    September 18, 2007