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half-heartedness

half-heartedness is the alternative form of halfheartedness.

Meaning of halfheartedness

Noun

halfheartedness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being halfhearted.
    • But the halfheartedness of his acquiescence is instructive. This is the closest he has ever come to a betrayal — waffling on a cherished myth — despite repeatedly failing to deliver on so much of his supposedly radical political program.2025 July 20, Matthew Walther, “Sorry, This Epstein Stuff Isn’t Going to Hurt Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025

Origin of half-heartedness

From half-hearted + -ness.

Questions about half-heartedness

What is half-heartedness the alternative form of?
Half-heartedness is the alternative form of halfheartedness.

Words near half-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. half-halts
  2. half-hardies
  3. half-hardy
  4. half-hearted
  5. half-heartedly
  6. half-heartedness
  7. half-hitch
  8. half-hitches
  9. half-holiday
  10. half-holidays
  11. half-hour

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