Half-built
adj
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Only partially built; not finished or completed. not-comparable
"In 1901 the Great Northern cancelled its agreement with the backers of the Big Tube, by which time the latter was half-built, and its big tunnels looked like a grandiose folly, since it would now not be allowed running rights into Finsbury Park main-line station."
Example
More examples"In 1901 the Great Northern cancelled its agreement with the backers of the Big Tube, by which time the latter was half-built, and its big tunnels looked like a grandiose folly, since it would now not be allowed running rights into Finsbury Park main-line station."
Etymology
From half- + built.
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