half-hearted
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- half-heartedly adverb
- half-heartedness noun
Example Sentences
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A draft version of the report circulated among stakeholders in late October included a half-hearted endorsement of a change to the state building code.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Ministers favour setting up more specialist provision in mainstream schools, but MPs have warned that there cannot be a half-hearted approach to giving schools and councils what they need.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
Instead, mitigation was uneven and half-hearted, stoking frustration without effectively preventing spread of the disease, and paving the way for the backlash that followed.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025
Players-turned-pundits lined up to kick Diallo in the aftermath - "a rabbit in the headlights", "in the wrong movie", "half-hearted".
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025
From here and there came a half-hearted applause that quickly died.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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