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halfheartedness

halfheartedness noun: the characteristic of being halfhearted.

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

Forms of halfheartedness

alternative formhalf-heartedness

Origin of halfheartedness

From halfhearted + -ness.

Questions about halfheartedness

What does halfheartedness mean?
Halfheartedness means the characteristic of being halfhearted.
What part of speech is halfheartedness?
Halfheartedness is a noun.

Words near halfheartedness in the dictionary

  1. halfgods
  2. halfgraben
  3. halfhazard
  4. halfhearted
  5. halfheartedly
  6. halfheartedness
  7. halfhelm
  8. halfhelms
  9. Halfhill
  10. Halfhills
  11. halfhuman

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