Sentences with phrase «halfhearted attempt»
A "halfhearted attempt" means trying to do something without putting in your full effort or enthusiasm. Full definition
He was a dabbler, discarding careers in diplomacy and the military for halfhearted attempts at stock trading and journalism.
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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.
Those robots you refer to are simply rejects from the developers halfhearted attempts to make a level for their Sackboy.
They stood as condemnations against all halfhearted attempts to live the Christian religion.
By making only a halfhearted attempt to re-sign free - agent running back Ricky Watters after the 1994 season, San Francisco found itself high and dry when fullback William Floyd destroyed his right knee last October.
For me, it was a clear hand ball in the build up to Richarlison's goal but that didn't excuse the halfhearted attempts to prevent it being scored.
After these notes, his section of my book is bare, with a severe lack of movement and some halfhearted attempts to help Nouhou defensively after losing possession in the 30th.
They told him to pick it up but he only made a halfhearted attempt at it.
Not only is this a halfhearted attempt at capitalizing on yet another cult classic, but it has received the most offensive CSI - style glazing - over that the networks seem to think is what constitutes good story and visuals these days: Glamour, Glitz, Perfect Hair, Stylish Clothes, Fake Top 40 Music, Anorexic Women and let's not forget Flash Scene Cuts and Grotesque Overuse of CG Recoloring.
Not only is this a halfhearted attempt at capitalizing on yet another cult classic, but it has received the most offensive CSI - style
The halfhearted attempt to tweak the boxing - movie formula is a diversionary tactic.
In its early scenes, the film makes a halfhearted attempt to seem smart: The scientists» chatter is filled with impenetrable technobabble about «membrane voltages» and «restitching neural pathways.»
I had made a halfhearted attempt at constructing one but stopped midway.