Meanings
- not comparableOnly partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.
As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers.
1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800Synonyms: half-done, semicompleted, semicomplete
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOnly partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἡμιτελής
- ἡμιτελής (hēmitelḗs)only partially completed
Chinese Mandarin 半成的, 半截的
- 半成的 (bànchéng de)only partially completed
- 半截的 (bànjié de)only partially completed
Finnish puolivalmis
- puolivalmisonly partially completed
German halbfertig
- halbfertigonly partially completed
Latin sēmifactus
- sēmifactusonly partially completed
Norwegian Bokmål halvferdig
- halvferdigonly partially completed
Persian نیمکاره, ناتمام
- نیمکاره (nim-kâre)only partially completed
- ناتمام (nâ-tamâm)only partially completed
Swedish halvfärdig, halvfabrikat
- halvfärdigonly partially completed
- halvfabrikatonly partially completed
Cite this entry
half-finished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-finished
“half-finished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-finished. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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