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Get to know Halfhearted better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like tepid or lukewarm.

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Halfhearted in a sentence

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Halfhearted | Halfheartedly

Halfhearted meaning

  1. Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
  2. Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.

Synonyms of Halfhearted

half-hearted tepid lukewarm unenthusiastic

Related words

Other words often associated with Halfhearted or its synonyms:

warm passionless enthusiastic cold spiritless

Using Halfhearted

  • The main meaning on this page is: Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. | Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.
  • Useful related words include: half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm, unenthusiastic.
  • In the example corpus, halfhearted often appears in combinations such as: in halfhearted.

Context around Halfhearted

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

faint 1× same 1×

Often after:

attempt 1× invasion 1× effort 1× laughs 1× mess 1× admonishment 1× argument 1× tribute 1×

Sentence patterns with Halfhearted

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

asking in halfhearted admonishment why 1× believe the halfhearted argument that 1× few faint halfhearted laughs from 1× for a halfhearted and weak 1× in a halfhearted tribute done 1× launched a halfhearted invasion of 1× made a halfhearted attempt at 1× make a halfhearted effort to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the show 1× also in 1940 1× but the fact 1× even if apple 1× he awakens sometime 1× in part for 1×

Common sentence endings:

an old joke 1× and apple tv 1× at making nice 1× his new aunt 1× keep that bargain 1× lack of conviction 1×

Words around Halfhearted

Just before it in the word index:

halff 2 halfdan 3 halfcourt 21 halfbrite 3 halfbreed 2 halfbakery 5

Just after it in the word index:

halfheartedly 4 halfin 2 halfling 7 halflings 4 halfman 2 halfmoon 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Halfhearted

  • In this selection, "halfhearted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, faint, same, attempt, invasion and effort stand out and add context to how "halfhearted" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include asking in halfhearted admonishment why and believe the halfhearted argument that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "halfhearted" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with halfhearted

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

After the show the Tour Manager with a capital T made a halfhearted attempt at making nice. (17 words)

He awakens sometime later, to find his elders standing over him, asking, in halfhearted admonishment, why he shot his new aunt. (21 words)

It is that blacks aren’t stupid enough to believe the halfhearted argument that they’d fare much better with Republicans than with Democrats. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

But will we remember this year’s halftime show, where he not-so-smoothly slid a few bars of Prince’s “I Will Die 4 U” into one of his songs in a halfhearted tribute done solely because the game was in Minneapolis this year? (45 words)

But the fact that Bloomberg isn’t even trying to make a halfhearted effort to explain how his thinking about Wall Street has supposedly evolved makes it really difficult to believe he’ll keep that bargain. (36 words)

Even if Apple doesn’t cancel this service before it even gets off the ground, it could end up being the same halfhearted mess that was gaming on the Apple Watch and Apple TV. (34 words)

Question examples

But will we remember this year’s halftime show, where he not-so-smoothly slid a few bars of Prince’s “I Will Die 4 U” into one of his songs in a halfhearted tribute done solely because the game was in Minneapolis this year? (45 words)

Example sentences (9)

After the show the Tour Manager with a capital T made a halfhearted attempt at making nice.

Also in 1940, the huge Italian army in Libya launched a halfhearted invasion of Egypt, only to be routed by a small British force that almost ejected them from Africa.

But the fact that Bloomberg isn’t even trying to make a halfhearted effort to explain how his thinking about Wall Street has supposedly evolved makes it really difficult to believe he’ll keep that bargain.

There were a few faint, halfhearted laughs from the audience in the ballroom at the Beverly Hilton, but the fact is, it's an old joke.

Even if Apple doesn’t cancel this service before it even gets off the ground, it could end up being the same halfhearted mess that was gaming on the Apple Watch and Apple TV.

He awakens sometime later, to find his elders standing over him, asking, in halfhearted admonishment, why he shot his new aunt.

It is that blacks aren’t stupid enough to believe the halfhearted argument that they’d fare much better with Republicans than with Democrats.

But will we remember this year’s halftime show, where he not-so-smoothly slid a few bars of Prince’s “I Will Die 4 U” into one of his songs in a halfhearted tribute done solely because the game was in Minneapolis this year?

In part for that reason, some thinkers on both the right and the left came to use it as an epithet, shorthand for a halfhearted and weak-kneed lack of conviction.

Common combinations with halfhearted

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in halfhearted 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "halfhearted" in a sentence?
An example: "After the show the Tour Manager with a capital T made a halfhearted attempt at making nice." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "halfhearted" from authentic English texts.
What does "halfhearted" mean?
Halfhearted means: Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
What are synonyms of "halfhearted"?
Common synonyms of "halfhearted" include: half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm, unenthusiastic.
How many example sentences with "halfhearted" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "halfhearted", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.