Half-hearted

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  halfhearted
       adj : feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a
             halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the
             candidate" [syn: {lukewarm}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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