half-done
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3.4
- adjective
- /hæf dʌn/
:
a medio hacer
- She served us a half-done meal that was only partially cooked.
- a half-done job
- half-done work
- half-done things
So some would say that we've got sort of a job half done and that we still need to stamp out inflation.
- So some would say that we've got sort of a job half done and that we still need to stamp out inflation.
- You know, this question comes up a lot from people about projects left half done.
- So let's just dive on in because I'm looking in the monitor and my makeup is intentionally kind of half done.
- Everything the homeowner has touched, the homeowner handyman has either been half done or inappropriately done.
- But if they're gone off or if they're too old or half done or anything, I'm going to recycle where I can and dispose where I have to.
Examples
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It forces me to complete tasks rather than having a zillion things half done.
Blog text (18) -
But the day is only half done for Adam and Jamie.
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The Trouble Starts When The Job Is Only Half Done.
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Besides, the job's only half done.
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The job is only half done!
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Our work is only half done.
Fiction book (2000) -
So we got the rescue half done.
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Whenever I die, it will be so many things left half done.
Academic text (2006) -
They're not even half done.
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Our work's half done.
Synonyms
132
2.7
Not complete and still needing work
2
3.8
Food that is not cooked enough and is still raw inside
Partly made and needing more work before it can be used or sold
Partly finished and not completely done
Partly prepared and not yet ready to use
Partly cooked so it is still raw inside
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Half-done starts with half, meaning 'part', and ends with done, meaning 'finished', as in halfway. So half-done simply means 'partly finished' or not completely ready or cooked.