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half-finished

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: half-done, semicompleted, semicomplete

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From half- + finished.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yarımçıq — only partially completed
  • Azerbaijani: yarımçılıq — only partially completed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半成的 (bànchéng de) — only partially completed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半截的 (bànjié de) — only partially completed
  • Finnish: puolivalmis — only partially completed
  • German: halbfertig — only partially completed
  • Ancient Greek: ἡμιτελής (hēmitelḗs) — only partially completed
  • Latin: sēmifactus — only partially completed
  • Macedonian: полуготов (polugotov) — only partially completed
  • Khiamniungan Naga: yôlīe — only partially completed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halvferdig — only partially completed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halvferdig — only partially completed
  • Persian: نیمکاره (nim-kâre) — only partially completed
  • Persian: ناتمام (nâ-tamâm) — only partially completed
  • Swedish: halvfärdig — only partially completed
  • Swedish: halvfabrikat — only partially completed