half-hearted
Example Sentences
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Seeing that one figure treated as a museum piece felt like a half-hearted wave to fans who grew up with Chuck.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
In a two-star review, the Telegraph's Robbie Collin called it a "nefariously lazy" adaptation that is little more than a "half-hearted parody of a whodunnit".
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025
But many observers doubt whether this approach will be any more effective than the months of rallies, faculty blockades and half-hearted general strikes.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
Instead, mitigation was uneven and half-hearted, stoking frustration without effectively preventing spread of the disease, and paving the way for the backlash that followed.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025
Zak makes a half-hearted effort to grab Izzi, but she wrenches out of his grasp and runs back the way we came.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Vocabulary lists containing half-hearted
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