Synonyms for half-hearted
half-heart·ed

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1. half-hearted

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, weak, wearied, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

Princeton's WordNet

1. halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarmadjective

   feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm

   "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"

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1. half-heartedadjective

   Synonyms:
   indifferent, lukewarm, perfunctory

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1. List of paraphrases for "half-hearted":

   lukewarm, half-heartedly, timid, shy, tepid, unconvincing, hesitant, ambiguous, half-baked

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How to use half-hearted in a sentence?

1. Mizuho Bank:

   They're half-hearted moves in Asia ... nothing that smacks of conviction really, there are some questions about what exactly triggered this turnaround (on Wall Street). It wasn't as if the sun came poking out and it's all blue skies.

2. Koya Miyamae:

   Companies are turning cautious about base pay hikes as the new virus outbreak will exacerbate declines in profits, as the virus outbreak deepens, labour unions are also losing momentum towards base pay hikes, and both manufacturers and non-manufacturers become half-hearted about wage hikes.

3. Rob Pengson:

   In the past, Asian fusion in Asia was generally weak, scattered by half-hearted attempts at innovation, now, I see more chefs pushing the envelope -- at restaurants including Ho Lee Fook in Hong Kong, Narisawa in Japan, Gaggan in Thailand, Black Sheep in Manila and so many more.

4. The Labour leader:

   There is nothing half-hearted about anything I do.

5. Pat Riley:

   When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.