half-hearted
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So by those standards, what the California Highway Patrol discovered when they pulled over a driver in the carpool lane in West Covina recently would be half-hearted.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Ministers favour setting up more specialist provision in mainstream schools, but MPs have warned that there cannot be a half-hearted approach to giving schools and councils what they need.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
Instead, mitigation was uneven and half-hearted, stoking frustration without effectively preventing spread of the disease, and paving the way for the backlash that followed.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025
Although deaths of other business figures or CEOs might inspire at least a few half-hearted condolences, the public consensus around Thompson’s death is one big fat shrug.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2024
Jackie held out his hand, and after an eternity, Harold gave it a half-hearted shake.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing half-hearted
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