half-hearted attempt

Examples (10)

• He made a half-hearted attempt to clean his room.
• The team's half-hearted attempt at a comeback was easily defeated.
• Her half-hearted attempt at fixing the leak only made it worse.
• The government's proposals were seen as a series of half-hearted attempts to address the crisis.
• Was that a serious proposal or just a half-hearted attempt to appease the board?
• His apology was nothing more than a half-hearted attempt to end the argument.
• She gave a little shrug, a half-hearted attempt to show she didn't care.
• A half-hearted attempt is often worse than no attempt at all.
• Any half-hearted attempt to reform the system will surely fail.
• After several half-hearted attempts, he finally gave up on learning the guitar.