"halfhearted" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-halfhearted.ogg [US] 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 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': 75 25
  2. (obsolete) Lacking in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-halfhearted-en-adj-jCyWb-K7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-hearted Derived forms: halfheartedly, halfheartedness Related terms: insincere, tepid, wholehearted

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "lacking full energy",
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      "sense": "lacking full energy",
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