half-hearted

3 definitions found

half-hearted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  halfhearted \half"heart`ed\, Half-hearted
  \Half"-heart`ed\(-h[aum]rt`[e^]d), a.
     1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. --B.
        Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Lacking zeal or courage; performed with less than a full
        effort; lukewarm; unenthusiastic; as, a half-hearted
        attempt; -- of actions. [WordNet sense 1] --H. James.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

half-hearted - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  half-hearted
      adj 1: feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a
             halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the
             candidate" [syn: halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid,
             lukewarm]

half-hearted - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "halfhearted":
     Laodicean, bland, changeable, cold, cool, fervorless, indecisive,
     indifferent, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, insipid,
     irresolute, lukewarm, milk-and-water, milky, mushy, neuter,
     neutral, perfunctory, tasteless, tepid, unenthusiastic, vapid,
     watery, wishy-washy, zealless