Definition of Halfhearted

1. Adjective. Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm. "Gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"

Exact synonyms: Half-hearted, Lukewarm, Tepid
Similar to: Unenthusiastic
Derivative terms: Lukewarmness, Tepidness

Definition of Halfhearted

1. a. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.

Definition of Halfhearted

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of half-hearted) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Halfhearted

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfhearted

halfbirthday
halfbirthdays
halfbreed
halfbreeds
halfbrother
halfbrothers
halfcourt
halfcourts
halfdeck
halfdecks
halfe
halfen
halfendeal
halfer
halfers
halfhearted (current term)
halfheartedly
halfheartedness
halflife
halflin
halfling
halflings
halflins
halflives
halfmonth
halfmonths
halfness
halfnesses
halfpace
halfpaces

Literary usage of Halfhearted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies of a Biographer by Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"The halfhearted unbelievers who turn sentimental over the charms of decayed superstition, and the halfhearted believers who flirt with scepticism to prove ..."

2. The World and Yugoslavia's Wars by Richard Henry Ullman (1996)
"Combined with halfhearted sanctions and a well-orchestrated negotiating charade on the part of Belgrade and the nationalist Serbs, UN action thus ..."

3. Salt and Light: Living the Sermon on the Mount by Eberhard Arnold (1998)
"No matter how clever it may be, no justification for their halfhearted behavior will shield them ... He loves his enemies more than his halfhearted friends. ..."

4. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"They were exasperated with him for being a halfhearted shirker: he focussed on them his hatred of the whole thing; he would have liked to take a signal ..."

5. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"By the one he is denounced as a man who holds incendiary principles; by the other as a halfhearted " trimmer." He has no sympathy, as he says, ..."

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