halfhearted

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

   He made a halfhearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.

2. adjective Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.

Similar words

lukewarm unenthusiastic half-hearted listless lightweight feeble mailed-in flaccid ineffectual weak

Often followed by

attempt and attempts effort way efforts in smile support