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half empty

half empty adjective: synonym of half full.

Adjective

half empty (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of half full.
    • "[…] But we shouldn't be charging a share of the main line costs to the half-empty trains on the Marlow branch. If the Marlow branch trains were cut because they don't pay, you'd still have to face all the costs of the main line, just without the extra passengers delivered by the Marlow branch."2023 November 1, Paul Clifton, “One account for the UK railway”, in RAIL, number 995, page 43
    Synonyms:
    half full

Synonyms of half empty

Questions about half empty

What does half empty mean?
Half empty means synonym of half full.
What part of speech is half empty?
Half empty is an adjective.

Words near half empty in the dictionary

  1. half dozen
  2. half dozens
  3. half duplex
  4. half eagle
  5. half eagles
  6. half empty
  7. half fare
  8. half fares
  9. half feet
  10. half first cousin
  11. half first cousins

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