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Halfheartedness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being halfhearted. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the characteristic of being half-hearted; not sincere; lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. wordnet

Etymology

From halfhearted + -ness.

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