half-hearted

When thinking about the possibility that your preferred candidate will lose the election, don’t make half-hearted disaster plans, such as announcing that you will leave the country.

He eventually threw out a half-hearted apology to Hasan before the show abruptly went to break.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who was seated next to the podium, also received fire, though Trump punctuated this part of the routine with seemingly half-hearted assurances that the New York senator was "a good man."

There was nothing extraordinary about seeing them together, but the bit they played allowed, or required, Winkler to hit a jukebox and deliver a half-hearted “Eeh,” or however you spell that sound that Fonzie used to say.

It was high-octane, high-risk at times, but as senior player Ben Davies said afterwards: "There will be times with hearts in our mouths, and it probably will go wrong at some point, but if you do it half-hearted it's not going to pay any dividends - so let's go for it."