half-hearted

• halfhearted

From half- +‎ hearted.

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half-hearted (comparative more half-hearted, superlative most half-hearted)

1. Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

   Synonym: lukewarm

   He made a half-hearted 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 spirit; ungenerous; unkind.

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• halfheartedly
• halfheartedness

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• tepid
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