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half-finished

half-finished adjective: only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.

Adjective

half-finished (not comparable)

  1. Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.
    • 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.1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800

half-finished meaning in Persian

half-finished in Persian

only partially completed
نیمکاره nim-kâre, ناتمام nâ-tamâm

Synonyms of half-finished

Origin of half-finished

From half- + finished.

Questions about half-finished

What does half-finished mean?
Half-finished means only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.
What is half-finished in Persian?
Half-finished in Persian is نیمکاره (nim-kâre), ناتمام (nâ-tamâm). See Half-finished meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is half-finished?
Half-finished is an adjective.

Words near half-finished in the dictionary

  1. half-expected
  2. half-expecting
  3. half-expects
  4. half-faced
  5. half-filled
  6. half-finished
  7. half-first cousin
  8. half-first cousins
  9. half-forgotten
  10. half-frame
  11. half-free

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