He was a dabbler, discarding careers in diplomacy and the military for halfhearted attempts at stock trading and journalism. (bookbrowse.com)
And it took both Honda and Toyota a few years to come up with automatic gearboxes that didn't seem like halfhearted attempts to appease shiftless American customers. (curbsideclassic.com)
Those robots you refer to are simply rejects from the developers halfhearted attempts to make a level for their Sackboy. (thatvideogameblog.com)