adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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She glanced through the window in a half-hearted attempt to tell the hour.
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Later in the film, another teammate executes a half-hearted attempt to pull her aboard a fast-moving boat, leaving her behind.
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I'd only mentioned sheep in a half-hearted attempt to change the subject of conversation.
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But agile he isn't; witness this rather half-hearted attempt at the long jump.
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Khruschev's half-hearted attempt to oust Dej in 1957 encouraged him to look for allies to counter Soviet influence.
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For what did they know of her half-hearted attempts at abortion, the years' endurance.
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There were various more or less half-hearted attempts to get over the finality of this selection.
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The Conservative government has made a half-hearted attempt to tax company cars - half-hearted because it fears upsetting natural Tory voters.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her apology was very half-hearted .
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People are starting to criticize the government for its half-hearted approach to reform.
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Yves had made a half-hearted attempt to be friendly.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A re-check should never be necessary, since this only implies the acceptance of a half-hearted check in the first place.
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Discs' efforts in this direction have been decidedly half-hearted .
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I'd only mentioned sheep in a half-hearted attempt to change the subject of conversation.
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Later in the film, another teammate executes a half-hearted attempt to pull her aboard a fast-moving boat, leaving her behind.
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Their criticism, however, was half-hearted .
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There was a half-hearted and unconvincing attempt to justify fins.
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We're also wondering why the university is now covering its butt legally with this half-hearted gesture.
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When I threw a half-hearted punch in his general direction, he knocked me down.