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Examples
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Bertie asked, only half-interested, staring hard at the black man at the wheel.
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So I have the smokes sitting here unopened on the park bench, Sinéad watching the jogging traffic, half-interested.
I Do Not Want What I Have Got Michael Smith 2011
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He half-interested: So, who would be your second favorite band of all time?
I Hate Your Favorite Band Fred Osuna 2011
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Better to seek out those readers who may already be at least half-interested in what experimental fiction might accomplish and convince them to risk the other half as well.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Interesting … Depp's involved, so I'm already half-interested.
Tim Burton and John August Developing Dark Shadows « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The other was that the parents come off as litigious, and the presumed father seems half-interested in custody.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Refusal to Consent to Caesarean Section as Neglect of the Child? 2009
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Tenzil is only half-interested until he finds that his first case involves former Legion leader Polar Boy, arrested for inciting dissension at a pizza parlor.
Matter Eater Legends: Tenzil For the Defense! Brian Hughes 2009
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Earnestly hitting his talking points against the gray-sea backdrop and in front of about 15 half-interested media people, McCain seems off, wandering after his brief words here and there on a small area of the Bush Family's tony outpost to the world.
John Tomasic: McCain: The Wandering Wallflower of Kennebunkport 2008
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But you've got to believe that even a half-interested New York team can handle Houston, right?
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A half-interested world is waiting for the event to make its way to YouTube, where it will sit at its rightful place beside the video of Thompson asking an Iowa audience for applause.
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