different between mechanical vs halfhearted
mechanical
English
Etymology
From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??kæn?k(?)l/
Adjective
mechanical (comparative more mechanical, superlative most mechanical)
- (now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass).
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Done by machine.
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- As if performed by a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
mechanical (plural mechanicals)
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- 2009, New York State Sales and Use Tax Law and Regulations
- In order to produce the posters, the advertising agency purchases photographs, composition and artwork and fabricates such property to produce layouts and mechanicals.
- 2009, New York State Sales and Use Tax Law and Regulations
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (archaic) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
Synonyms
- (camera-ready artwork): pasteup
Further reading
- "mechanical" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 201.
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halfhearted
English
Alternative forms
- half-hearted
Etymology
From half +? hearted.
Pronunciation
Adjective
halfhearted (comparative more halfhearted, superlative most halfhearted)
- Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
- Synonym: lukewarm
- (obsolete) Lacking in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
- such animals,
Half-hearted creatures, as these are, your fox there
- such animals,
Derived terms
- halfheartedly
- halfheartedness
Translations
See also
- insincere
- tepid
- wholehearted
Further reading
- halfhearted at OneLook Dictionary Search
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