Meanings
nounhalfheartedness (uncountable)
alternative half-heartedness
- uncountableThe characteristic of being halfhearted.
But the halfheartedness of his acquiescence is instructive. This is the closest he has ever come to a betrayal — waffling on a cherished myth — despite repeatedly failing to deliver on so much of his supposedly radical political program.
2025 July 20, Matthew Walther, “Sorry, This Epstein Stuff Isn’t Going to Hurt Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025
Origin
Translations
Esperanto duona koreco
- duona korecocharacteristic of being halfhearted
Polish brak entuzjazmu, brak przekonania
- brak entuzjazmucharacteristic of being halfhearted
- brak przekonaniacharacteristic of being halfhearted
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