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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 Gilman, Lawrence