English

Alternative forms

• halfhearted

Adjective

half-hearted ‎(comparative more half-hearted, superlative most half-hearted)

1. Not sincere; lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

   He made a half-hearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.

   • 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:

     There were chants against the domestic league's president Dumitru Dragomir and also a half-hearted two-man pitch invasion by Universitatea Craiova fans protesting at the expulsion of their club from the league.

Derived terms

• halfheartedly
• halfheartedness

Translations

See also

• insincere
• tepid
• wholehearted