halfhearted

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Etymology

From half +‎ hearted.

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Adjective

halfhearted (comparative more halfhearted, superlative most halfhearted)

  1. Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
    Synonyms: lukewarm, tepid
    Coordinate terms: wholehearted, fullhearted, hearty, heartful; unhearty, heartless
    Near-synonym: half-assed
    He made a halfhearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.
    • 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian‎:
      There were chants against the domestic league's president Dumitru Dragomir and also a half-hearted two-man pitch invasion by Universitatea Craiova fans protesting at the expulsion of their club from the league.
  2. (obsolete) Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.
    Synonyms: heartless, mean-spirited

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