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1. • • showing no enthusiasm or interest: 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.
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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 a half hearted adverb?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English half-heart‧ed /ˌhɑːf ˈhɑːtɪd◂ $ ˌhæf ˈhɑːr-/ ●○○ adjective done without much effort and without much interest in the result Congress has made half-hearted attempts at finance reform. —half-heartedly adverb Examples from the Corpus half-hearted • Her apology was very half-hearted.

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   Should health services be half hearted?

   • There is no justification for half-hearted measures. And then only in a very half-hearted manner. In recent years the national drive to prioritise involving those who use and pay for health services has been half-hearted. Leave major tasks for now because your efforts will be half-hearted. Nobody cared if it was a bit half-hearted.

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   There’s a clue here to the nature of their experiments and their ultimate conclusions. Their research looked at the link between well-being and autonomous help on the one hand versus controlled help on the other hand. With autonomous help, we freely give because we want to help.

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   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.

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   What's the meaning of the phrase 'Half-hearted'? Having one’s intentions divided; not fully committed; lacking zeal or courage. What's the origin of the phrase 'Half-hearted'?

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   If someone does something in a halfhearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm.

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   adjective. (also halfhearted, half hearted) uk / ˌhɑːfˈhɑː.tɪd / us / ˌhæfˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd /. Add to word list. showing no enthusiasm or interest: 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.

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   What does the adverb half-heartedly mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adverb half-heartedly . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   half-hearted meaning, definition, what is half-hearted: done without much effort and without muc...: Learn more.