half-eaten
Britishadjective
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When a half-eaten human corpse is found in a nearby wilderness park, Lew is sent to find the “killer cat” thought responsible.
There were two unopened tins of tuna found in the microwave and half-eaten food in the bedroom, including bread and raw pasta.
From BBC
Backpacks and half-eaten meals lay abandoned on tables where students had fled.
From BBC
This bottom layer also came to include what my Auntie Hilda called ‘spit-backs’ from the top layer: half-eaten choices that I’d liked the look of — based on the legend — but then turned against when I took a bite.
From Los Angeles Times
He found Miller in the kitchen, her half-eaten body surrounded by food and garbage, which, Fadden wrote, had been “apparently scattered by bears.”
From Los Angeles Times
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