half-done

Example Sentences

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In Poeni you can see where some of that ends up, in all the half-done new homes.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

The book is more than half-done, according to Dissanayake, and friends hope to dig into her computer files to see if there is a way to complete it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2021

But I would then remind myself that if we are going to look at what a true apology is, then it cannot be half-done.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2019

The Great War, as World War I was known, was only half-done, but already its industrial carnage had no parallel in European history.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2016

He doesn’t think much of it: there’s coffee in the pot by the sink, a half-done crossword puzzle beside an empty mug, and a plate of green grapes on the dining booth table.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone