halfheartedness
Example Sentences
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With a World Cup title both unprecedented and unexpected, it seemed the French had floated away from their halfheartedness about sports, however fallacious that premise.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2018
Peretz’s published apology surprised even his supporters in its halfheartedness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2011
That it has not been permanently cut has been due to the halfheartedness and poor aim of Japanese bombers, and to the amazing Chinese capacity for regeneration.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Gorbachev's major concern remained his economic- reform program, stalled, he complained, by "inconsistency, indecision, halfheartedness, zigzagging and even backpedaling."
From Time Magazine Archive
She was wounded by the halfheartedness in his texting and calling, the limpness of his efforts.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
