half-hearted
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So by those standards, what the California Highway Patrol discovered when they pulled over a driver in the carpool lane in West Covina recently would be half-hearted.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
“You start to wonder how many times they can sell us exactly the same half-hearted commitment,” added Levin, who is now a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025
Downing Street agreed, describing their words as "half-hearted" and "completely unacceptable".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025
Although deaths of other business figures or CEOs might inspire at least a few half-hearted condolences, the public consensus around Thompson’s death is one big fat shrug.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2024
When it rained, fat gray drops plopped down upon the roads, then bounced up, as if in a half-hearted effort to escape.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Vocabulary lists containing half-hearted
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