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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : haf-hahr-tid, hahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈhɑr tɪd, ˈhɑf- |
Definition of halfhearted
- adj without enthusiasm
- The cow, shaking her head in a halfhearted defiance, followed.
- Extract from : « Lonesome Land » by B. M. Bower
- A halfhearted effort was made to harness her up to "Elizabeth," but she flatly declined to answer to the appellation.
- Extract from : « A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill » by Alice Hegan Rice
- We stood against them; were halfhearted, and were beaten; and then we petted them, and bit by bit our privileges were torn away.
- Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
- The scene of the morning recurred to my mind, and my halfhearted effort to prevent him from accompanying us.
- Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
- The result in the way of incompetent and halfhearted teaching we all know.
- Extract from : « Some War-time Lessons » by Frederick P. (Frederick Paul) Keppel
- At the mouth of the alley stood Charles, wearing a halfhearted VampMob outfit of black t-shirt and jeans and white face-paint.
- Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
- The guards were, as Erculio must have known they would be, halfhearted about carrying out their mandate.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
- The voice of the people is duly represented, but it is a very weak and halfhearted voice.
- Extract from : « The Boer in Peace and War » by Arthur M. Mann
- Two or three women, far back in the hall, start a halfhearted handclapping.
- Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
Synonyms for halfhearted
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