Half-finished

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage. not-comparable

    "As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers."

Synonyms

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half-donesemi-completesemicompletesemicompleted

Example

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"The boy left his homework half-finished."

Etymology

From half- + finished.

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