Книга: Buchan John «The half-hearted»

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• half-hearted — half heart|ed [ ,hæf hartəd ] adjective done with no real interest or enthusiasm: a half hearted attempt The celebrations were rather half hearted. ╾ half heart|ed|ly adverb ╾ half heart|ed|ness noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• half-hearted — half heart|ed [ˌha:f ˈha:tıd US ˌhæf ˈha:r ] adj done without much effort and without much interest in the result ▪ Congress has made half hearted attempts at finance reform. >half heartedly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• half-hearted — adjective a half hearted attempt to do something is done without much effort and without much interest in the result: She made a half hearted attempt to be friendly. half heartedly adverb half heartedness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• half-hearted — UK [ˌhɑːf ˈhɑː(r)tɪd] / US [ˌhæf ˈhɑrtəd] adjective done with no real interest or enthusiasm a half hearted attempt The celebrations were rather half hearted. Derived words: half heartedly adverb half heartedness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

• half-hearted — adjective Not sincere; lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. He made a half hearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off …   Wiktionary

• half-hearted — adjective the halfhearted applause was not exactly encouraging Syn: unenthusiastic, cool, lukewarm, tepid, apathetic, indifferent, uninterested, unconcerned, languid, listless; perfunctory, cursory, superficial, desultory, feeble, lackluster Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words