half-hearted
Example Sentences
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But many observers doubt whether this approach will be any more effective than the months of rallies, faculty blockades and half-hearted general strikes.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
This half-hearted interest in naturalism hurts more than helps.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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
Her mother responded with a half-hearted wave, which Candice took as permission.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
