halfhearted
halfhearted adjective: lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
Adjective
halfhearted (comparative more halfhearted, superlative most halfhearted)
- Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
- Near-synonym: half-assed
- He made a halfhearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.
- Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.
- such animals,
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- Synonyms:
- heartless, mean-spirited, inconsiderate, insensitive, mean, merciless, petty, pitiless, poor-spirited, ruthless
- such animals,
halfhearted meaning in Tagalog and Arabic
halfhearted in Tagalog
- lacking full energy
- tambisi
halfhearted in Arabic
- lacking full energy
- تعوزه الحماسَة, مفتقر إلى الحماسَة
Synonyms of halfhearted
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- dispassionate
- dull
- enervated
- gallionic
- impassive
- ineffervescible
- insouciant
- indifferent
- insensible
- jaded
- languid
- languorous
- lethargic
- listless
- lackadaisical
- lotophagous
- meh
- mopey
- nonchalant
- nonplussed
- otiose
- phlegmatic
- pococurante
- spiritless
- supine
- torpid
- unaroused
- uncaring
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
Forms of halfhearted
| comparative | more halfhearted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most halfhearted |
| alternative form | half-hearted |
Origin of halfhearted
From half + hearted.
Words formed from halfhearted
Questions about halfhearted
- What does halfhearted mean?
- Halfhearted means lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
- What is halfhearted in Tagalog?
- Halfhearted in Tagalog is tambisi. See Halfhearted meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is halfhearted?
- Halfhearted is an adjective.
Words near halfhearted in the dictionary
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