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half-past-six

half-past-six adjective: careless; shoddy.

Adjective

half-past-six

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) Careless; shoddy.
    • Hence, its ill-repute of shoddiness and unreliability, as one is criticised for “half-past six work” or an organisation being labelled as a “half-past six company.”2005, David Leo, Life's so like dat, illustrated edition, Pagesetters Services, →ISBN, page 108
    • Lately there has been a lot of talk by politicians about our being a “half-past-six” nation.2006 May 12, “What is ‘half-past-six’?”, in The Star
  2. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) Incompetent.
    • Whatever Mahathir's shortcomings were, he cannot be accused of being a half-past six leader. The problem with Pak Lah[…]is that all the kings’ horses and all the kings’ men cannot prove that he is not one.2006 June 15, pluto, “mkl= Pak Lah must prove he’s not ‘half-past six”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)

Origin of half-past-six

Unknown.

Questions about half-past-six

What does half-past-six mean?
Half-past-six means careless; shoddy.
What part of speech is half-past-six?
Half-past-six is an adjective.

Words near half-past-six in the dictionary

  1. half-pant
  2. half-pass
  3. half-passed
  4. half-passes
  5. half-passing
  6. half-past-six
  7. half-pay
  8. half-pence
  9. half-pie
  10. half-pike
  11. half-pikes

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