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   half-hearted

   /ˌhɑːfˈhɑːtɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. without enthusiasm or energy: "a half-hearted attempt"

   Derivatives

   • 1. half-heartedness noun

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   What does it mean if someone does something half heartedly?

   • If someone does something in a half-hearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. The previous owner had made a half-hearted attempt at renovating the place. ...a half-hearted apology. In truth, her application was a bit half-hearted. I can't do anything half-heartedly. I have to do everything 100 per cent.

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   What is a half hearted attempt?

   • half-hearted attempt He made a half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish. Efforts to address the problem were half-hearted. She gave only halfhearted support to my ideas. The team put in a rather half hearted performance. This half-hearted approach is unlikely to get results. He tried to help in a halfhearted sort of way.

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   What is half hearted adjective?

   • Definition of half-hearted adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary done without enthusiasm or effort He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

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   How do you describe a half hearted person?

   • Use the adjective half-hearted to describe someone whose heart is not really in what they are doing. If you're a half-hearted member of your school marching band, you're not very excited about playing your tuba during halftime at football games.

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   Half-hearted means showing no enthusiasm or interest, or a lack of commitment or effort. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with synonyms, antonyms and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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     HALF-HEARTED meaning: 1. showing no enthusiasm or interest:...

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   Half-hearted means doing something without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, synonyms, and related terms.

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   Half-hearted means lacking heart, spirit, or interest. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for half-hearted.

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   Halfhearted means doing something without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, synonyms, antonyms, and related terms.

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   adjective. having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work. Synonyms: perfunctory, cool, cold, uninterested, indifferent. Antonyms: enthusiastic.

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   Half-hearted means done without enthusiasm or effort. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation, collocations and synonyms from Oxford University Press.

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   Use the adjective half-hearted to describe someone whose heart is not really in what they are doing. If you're a half-hearted member of your school marching band, you're not very excited about playing your tuba during halftime at football games.