Halfhearted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Halfhearted is an adjective meaning Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
Meaning
Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.
Example Sentences
Near-synonym: half-assed
such animals, Half-hearted creatures, as these are, your fox there
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.
Word Forms
- half-hearted
Synonyms for halfhearted
Depending on context, synonyms include lukewarm, tepid, apathetic, apathistical, blithe, deaf.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lukewarm, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, listless, lightweight, feeble.
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