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half-forgotten

half-forgotten adjective: not completely forgotten.

Adjective

half-forgotten (not comparable)

  1. Not completely forgotten.
    • Save for a short distance at one end both its northern and southern extremities are desolate and unused for some miles, and grass covers the platforms of half-forgotten stations; but of its central portion, part is a busy electrified suburban branch and another part used for goods traffic.1941 September, Guy Bakewell, “Melbourne's Outer Circle Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 397
    • Now the model sits on a shelf in York's 'Warehouse' (known these days as the 'North Shed'), together with racks full of lamps, cutlery, and other ephemera from half-forgotten railway companies of long ago.2023 January 25, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 975, page 71

Questions about half-forgotten

What does half-forgotten mean?
Half-forgotten means not completely forgotten.
What part of speech is half-forgotten?
Half-forgotten is an adjective.

Words near half-forgotten in the dictionary

  1. half-faced
  2. half-filled
  3. half-finished
  4. half-first cousin
  5. half-first cousins
  6. half-forgotten
  7. half-frame
  8. half-free
  9. half-fuck
  10. half-gip
  11. half-gips

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