half-hearted
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And these memos lay bare the extent to which the work product underpinning these decisions is often half-hearted and vibes-based; animated more by grievance and hurt feelings than neutral legal rules.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
A draft version of the report circulated among stakeholders in late October included a half-hearted endorsement of a change to the state building code.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
A few half-hearted boos was the extent of it.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 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
I made a half-hearted attempt to find my hat in the dark but gave up almost instantly and stuffed my hair haphazardly into the neck of my shirt.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing half-hearted
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