halfness

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US/ˈhæfnəs/

noun

The quality of being half; incompleteness.

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Meanings

nounhalfness (usually uncountable, plural halfnesses)

plural halfnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being half; incompleteness.

    As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.

    1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

Origin

From half + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

halfness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfness

MLA

“halfness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “halfness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfness.

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