From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
halfhearted \half"heart'ed\, Half-hearted \Half"-heart'ed\(-h[aum]rt'[e^]d), adjective
1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. --B. Jonson.
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]:
adjective
1: 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
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Let's see what we can do if we put our heads together.
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