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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-halfhearted.ogg Forms: more halfhearted [comparative], most halfhearted [superlative]
Etymology: From half + hearted. Etymology templates: {{com|en|half|hearted}} half + hearted Head templates: {{en-adj}} halfhearted (comparative more halfhearted, superlative most halfhearted)
  1. Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. Synonyms: lukewarm, tepid, apathetic Translations (lacking full energy): تعوزه الحماسَة (Arabic), مفتقر إلى الحماسَة (Arabic), апатичен (apatičen) (Bulgarian), равнодушен (ravnodušen) (Bulgarian), halfhartig (Dutch), halfslachtig (Dutch), puolivillainen (Finnish), puolinainen (Finnish), laimea (Finnish), penseä (Finnish), välinpitämätön (Finnish), mou (French), peu enthousiaste (French), halbherzig (German), fuarbhruite (Irish), fiacco [masculine] (Italian), incerto [masculine] (Italian), waimori (Maori), halvhjertet (Norwegian Bokmål), halvhjerta (Norwegian Bokmål), halvhjarta (Norwegian Nynorsk), na pół gwizdka (Polish), sin gana (Spanish), halvhjärtad (Swedish), tambisi (Tagalog), isteksiz (Turkish), gönülsüz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-halfhearted-en-adj-COz358U7 Disambiguation of 'lacking full energy': 70 30
  2. (obsolete) Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: heartless, mean-spirited, mean
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-hearted Derived forms: halfheartedly, halfheartedness Related terms: insincere

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lacking full energy",
      "word": "halvhjärtad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "lacking full energy",
      "word": "tambisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lacking full energy",
      "word": "isteksiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lacking full energy",
      "word": "gönülsüz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "halfhearted"
}

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