Meanings
adjectivehalf empty (not comparable)
- not comparableSynonym 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 43Synonyms: half full
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of half full.
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Translations
Bulgarian полупразен
- полупразен (poluprazen)holding about half of the full capacity — see also half full
Dutch halfleeg
- halfleegholding about half of the full capacity — see also half full
Esperanto duonmalplena, duone malplena
- duonmalplenaholding about half of the full capacity — see also half full
- duone malplenaholding about half of the full capacity — see also half full
German halb leer
- halb leerholding about half of the full capacity — see also half full
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APA
half empty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half%20empty
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“half empty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half%20empty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half empty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half%20empty.
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