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halfhearted
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective halfhearted has 1 sense
- halfhearted(s = adj.all) half-hearted, lukewarm, tepid - feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"
CIDE DICTIONARY
halfhearted, a.
- Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- Lacking zeal or courage; performed with less than a full effort; lukewarm; unenthusiastic; as, a half-hearted attempt; -- of actions. H. James. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
halfhearted
Laodicean, bland, changeable, cold, cool, fervorless, indecisive, indifferent, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, insipid, irresolute, lukewarm, milk-and-water, milky, mushy, neuter, neutral, perfunctory, tasteless, tepid, unenthusiastic, vapid, watery, wishy-washy, zealless
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