What does half hearted mean?
Half hearted means Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve..
Near-synonym: half-assed
He made a halfhearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.
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.
such animals, Half-hearted creatures, as these are, your fox there
Use half hearted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Half hearted means Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve..
Common synonyms include lukewarm, tepid, adiaphroistic, apathetic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: half-assed
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