half-hearted
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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
In a two-star review, the Telegraph's Robbie Collin called it a "nefariously lazy" adaptation that is little more than a "half-hearted parody of a whodunnit".
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025
Downing Street agreed, describing their words as "half-hearted" and "completely unacceptable".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 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
Now, as a teenager, Pearl’s caresses had become rare—a peck on the cheek, a one-armed, half-hearted hug—and all the more precious because of that.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing half-hearted
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