halfhearted
Use Halfhearted in a sentence
tɪd, ˈhɑf- adjective
having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
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| halfhearted | |
adjective | |
| feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate" |
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Halfhearted
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
The theater's management made only halfhearted efforts to keep the movie audible and the situation under control.
McCarthy's announcement was curiously halfhearted, as if even he recognized that his candidacy was quixotic.
Delegation is too important to the state's efforts and it affects too many lives for the study to be halfhearted.
They could not only withhold food that they had produced, but also disrupt the colonists' halfhearted efforts to feed themselves.
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