half-hearted
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There’s Mrs. Duggan’s sitting room, for example, with its “faint, high whistling of the gas fire”; and “the weary clatter of half-hearted washing-up” in a depressing cafe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
And these memos lay bare the extent to which the work product underpinning these decisions is often half-hearted and vibes-based; animated more by grievance and hurt feelings than neutral legal rules.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
This half-hearted interest in naturalism hurts more than helps.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
Downing Street agreed, describing their words as "half-hearted" and "completely unacceptable".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025
I turned with the half-hearted, half-abandoned hope that I could jump onto the raft before he could jump onto me.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing half-hearted
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