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- Dictionaryhalf-hearted/ˌhɑːfˈhɑːtɪd/
adjective
- 1. without enthusiasm or energy: "a half-hearted attempt"
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showing no enthusiasm or interest: half-hearted attempt He made a half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish. Efforts to address the problem were half-hearted. She gave only halfhearted support to my ideas. The team put in a rather half hearted performance. Synonyms. lukewarm. tepid. Fewer examples.
The meaning of HALF-HEARTED is lacking heart, spirit, or interest. How to use half-hearted in a sentence.
If someone does something in a half-hearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. The previous owner had made a half-hearted attempt at renovating the place. ...a half-hearted apology.
having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work. Synonyms: perfunctory, cool, cold, uninterested, indifferent. Antonyms: enthusiastic. Discover More. Other Words From. half heart ed·ly adverb. half heart ed·ness noun. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of halfhearted 1. First recorded in 1605–15; half + heart + -ed 3
This noun, sometimes spelled with a hyphen, half-hearted, comes from the idea that if only half your heart is invested in something, you're not very excited about it. In the seventeenth century, the adjective half-headed was also common, meaning "stupid."
If someone does something in a half-hearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm.
Use the adjective half-hearted to describe someone whose heart is not really in what they are doing. If you're a half-hearted member of your school marching band, you're not very excited about playing your tuba during halftime at football games.
