Sentences with phrase «own halfhearted»

Even its attempts to project contrition so far have been ham - fisted, halfhearted, and fumbled.

But companies have to make more than halfhearted attempts at collaboration: Instead, they're realizing only half of the value of collaboration by creating better ways to discuss ideas, but putting fewer of them in place.

After Varsano sold a plane to the corporate raider Nelson Peltz in the mid -»80s, he went to work for him in the world of private equity, where he developed a halfhearted fondness for the Gekko manner.

Shadowy, halfhearted disciples need not apply.

And yet I believe there can be no ministry that dispenses with ambulances, although a ministry confining itself to them would be halfhearted and foreshortened.

There was no room for halfhearted believers.

Thus the Church was composed only of the proved elect, gathered together in congregations that excluded the halfhearted and lukewarm.

You see, too many of us are too halfhearted in our prayers.

It is to be expected, therefore, that the history of land - reform efforts is one of political chicanery, violence, subversion and only halfhearted implementation of even those policies that have been established by government action.

Why is it that we still reject, stigmatize, and provide only halfhearted treatment for the mentally ill in spite of the millions of words that have been written and spoken to promote an enlightened approach to the problem?

They stood as condemnations against all halfhearted attempts to live the Christian religion.

Those who go along with the changes without understanding their full implication are halfhearted.

They love and respect the church they understand, and what they understand about the church is due, in no small degree, to the halfhearted, truncated doctrine of the church they have received from the clergy and from the cultural image.

Not that they get very far in their clumsy forays» it's all pretty halfhearted and amateurish stuff, indeed sometimes wincingly embarrassing....

Even though the statement was not substantially modified as the result of the debate, one could not help feeling in some of the discussions an atmosphere too suggestive of halfhearted compromise.

Fourteen years ago almost all the series authors expressed at least halfhearted confidence that each denomination would survive.

Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 50 minutes, or until the beets give only halfhearted resistance when pierced with a knife.

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.

Well, he is right that the players, by and large are a bunch of halfhearted coasters, staying at the club MAINLY to continue to pick up huge wages.

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.

Whether Arsenal can get back to challenging repeatedly for the league title while money is no object elsewhere and Uefa are halfhearted about FFP, we shall see.

A re-run of Saturday and a re-run of countless other halfhearted, headless and prideless displays.

On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) blasted Grassley's investigative efforts: «To call the Senate Judiciary Committee's Trump - Russia investigation halfhearted is too generous.»

«The dominance of Tory voices in the media and the halfhearted campaigning of Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, meant that many voters did not know what the party's official position was.

Lord Mandelson has become the latest senior figure in the Remain campaign to tear into Jerermy Corbyn for his «halfhearted» support for keeping the UK in the European Union.

(They've been trying to lure him back into the fold, also, but have been understandably rather halfhearted in that effort.)

Einstein's halfhearted, if amusing, response to his wife's request typifies many scientists» unwillingness or inability to explain their work to the uninitiated.

So far, however, there have been no efforts to save the wild axolotl beyond a few halfhearted outreach programmes and some photo opportunities.

Her greeting was a halfhearted «hi.»

In order to grow, forearms need to be trained just as often as any other muscle — the problem is, most lifters don't know how to efficiently target their forearms and they usually aren't very consistent with their forearm training, performing only a couple halfhearted sets of wrist curls once a month.

Be sure that you are really ready because if you are just pressured to date by your friends, it won't be healthy for you or your potential partners - no one wants someone halfhearted when entering into a relationship.

When you have a dating app that really works, like Match, don't spread yourself thinly; it's better to have a complete profile on the app you're using, rather than a halfhearted effort in multiple places.

They told him to pick it up but he only made a halfhearted attempt at it.

Dinocide is both a shameless and halfhearted recreation of other titles as well as a ripoff for all gamers with its criminally short length and crummy gameplay.

The veteran singer - songwriter has opted to retreat into old - timey blues, rattling off clichés about blind horses and hog - eyed towns while laying down a halfhearted soundtrack of brushed drums, plucked guitars and woozy strings.

Reeks of a throwaway joke that should have been left to die; even at a mere 80 minutes, this halfhearted Tinseltown satire still feels padded.

There are a few funny jokes scattered throughout, but the halfhearted direction and clunky script are underscored by performances that feel like they belong in community theater.

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.

Detroit 1 -8-7 comes across, despite the strong performances, as wan and halfhearted.

Not only is this a halfhearted attempt at capitalizing on yet another cult classic, but it has received the most offensive CSI - style

Suspicious of the police's halfhearted attitude towards solving the case, Hyun - tae decides to find the criminal himself and asks Min - soo and In - cheol for help.

The halfhearted attempt to tweak the boxing - movie formula is a diversionary tactic.

All things considered, I can kind of give High Strangeness a halfhearted recommendation; the soundtrack is outstanding and there are some clever story and gameplay concepts on display, just don't be surprised if the second half leaves you feeling low.

Although the film is called «He's Just Not That Into You,» Kwapis tries to balance out the equation by including an equal number of dumped guys, but the ploy is halfhearted.

The film takes the expected halfhearted stances on conservative Southern politics and the separation between church and state, but hardly enough to get anyone too riled up.

In the hands of Hangover trilogy director Phillips, War Dogs annoys in a variety of ways: its halfhearted critique and sympathetic embrace of machismo and whatever - it - takes business savvy (the women in the story, uniformly P.Y.T.s, serve as sex objects and the buzzkill voice of morality), wall - to - wall use of overplayed source music (a Warner Bros. hallmark these days), and frequently sitcomedic joke constructions (Albania is «a beautiful place,» Cooper's character promises; cut to blue - grey blight).

Set in predominantly Italian - American Brooklyn Heights, New York, «Moonstruck» opens with a halfhearted proposal of marriage.

Even the wonderful Alfre Woodard, playing a bookstore owner and neighbor to the Gordons, can't save the cheesy integration of research from occult books and a resolution that seems like a halfhearted homage to Father Karras» sacrifice in «The Exorcist.»

The part 1 / part 2 setup almost always gives way to a halfhearted story, rather than a cinematic masterpiece as the audience is often promised.