half-hearted
adjective
without enthusiasm or determination
half-heartedness
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a word derived from
half-hearted.
Example Sentences
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But there’s a nagging half-heartedness to these bids for topicality, and something less than conviction in the movie’s semisweet encouragement of optimism in the face of mounting danger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
I’m so hurt by her half-heartedness, though I know some of these transgressions may be excusable for a busy mom of four.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2018
Carolina’s post-Super Bowl malaise was apparent from the outset last year, and Ron Rivera is too good a coach to let anything approaching half-heartedness rear its head again.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2017
He'd have to stick with it—no half-heartedness, no split-the-difference, no hedging for campaign contributors.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2011
MacDowell exhibits here the half-heartedness which I have elsewhere remarked in his attitude toward representative music.
From Edward MacDowell by Lawrence Gilman
