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halfhearted
[ haf-hahr-tid, hahf- ]
adjective
- having or showing little enthusiasm:
a halfhearted attempt to work.
Synonyms: perfunctory, cool, cold, uninterested, indifferent
Antonyms: enthusiastic
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Other Words From
- halfhearted·ly adverb
- halfhearted·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of halfhearted1
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Example Sentences
Obama, the halfhearted visitor, had his face clinched in a frozen smile.
The result is a series of halfhearted reforms by old men in camouflage.
He gave a halfhearted, widely panned speech on the night he finished a distant third in New Hampshire.
The United States will issue a halfhearted rebuke and some useless words about “deploring the deaths” that occurred on the ships.
He began to make a somewhat halfhearted effort to explain what had happened.
At the mouth of the alley stood Charles, wearing a halfhearted VampMob outfit of black t-shirt and jeans and white face-paint.
Since teachers were either poorly paid or were hacienda guests, they offered halfhearted service.
Two or three women, far back in the hall, start a halfhearted handclapping.
And Antony took enough time from Cleopatra's side to make halfhearted preparations to resist.
The others of the "indigenous" school have proved halfhearted and vague.
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