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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Exhibiting or feeling little interest, enthusiasm, or heart; uninspired: a halfhearted attempt at writing a novel.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Having or showing little generosity; illiberal; ungenerous; unkind.
  2. Having or showing little eagerness, enthusiasm, or determination; not earnest; lukewarm: as, half-hearted partizanship; a half-hearted apologist.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. alternative spelling of half-hearted.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
  2. adj. Lacking zeal or courage; performed with less than a full effort; lukewarm; unenthusiastic; ; -- of actions.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
  2. adj. feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm

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  • dmcleod0914 "Her attempt to convince mewas halfhearted."- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg.71 Nov 8, 2010

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