halfhearted
having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
Origin of halfhearted
1Other words for halfhearted
Opposites for halfhearted
Other words from halfhearted
- half·heart·ed·ly, adverb
- half·heart·ed·ness, noun
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How to use halfhearted in a sentence
Then there were those songs that were either too half-baked or half-hearted to even fool us into turning them into smash hits.
Can Jessie J’s ‘Bang Bang’ Save Us From This Awful Musical Summer? | Kevin Fallon | July 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYour query will be answered with a blank stare, followed by a long pause and half-hearted reply: My accountant?
Simon Kinberg on ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ ‘The Fantastic Four’ Reboot, and Black Superheroes | Marlow Stern | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, in “The Runaways,” Don engages in a half-hearted ménage-a-trois AND outsmarts his frenemies.
Mad Men’s ‘The Runaways’: Three-Way Sex and Self-Mutilation in the Craziest Episode Yet | Marlow Stern | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe early scandal, but really it was a blip of gossip with half-hearted twangs, was that Sonja had a younger beau.
Betrayal, Blowjobs, and Bitchery: the 'Real Housewives' Get Really Desperate | Tim Teeman | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe crowd on the floor responded with a half-hearted murmur of assent.
Egypt’s Government Thugs Beat Me Up at the Rabaa Sit-In | Mike Giglio | August 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But his head was too hot to wear a thinking cap, and no story would come at his half-hearted call.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonFrom the first, Richardsons disguise as editor is little more than half-hearted.
Samuel Richardson's Introduction to Pamela | Samuel RichardsonHe turned away, tossing another pebble into the pool with a half-hearted motion of his arm.
The Envoy, Her | Horace Brown FyfeIts unpopularity has saved it from half-hearted and half-minded patronage.
Theism or Atheism | Chapman CohenIt struck the old courtier that the captain's answer was but half-hearted.
A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
British Dictionary definitions for half-hearted
without enthusiasm or determination
Derived forms of half-hearted
- half-heartedly, adverb
- half-heartedness, noun
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