half-empty

adjective

1. (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity

Example Sentences

I feel like I'm going into the match with the tank half-empty.

From BBC

In the early 2000s, downtown’s half-empty commercial buildings began to be made over as lofts, high-end apartments and bistros, and Skid Row came under enormous pressure from the powerful real estate and business elites of the Central City Assn., and the smaller Central City East Business Improvement District’s commercial property owners, which saw homeless people as a roadblock to redevelopment.

From Los Angeles Times

The eight-top table for solo travelers was half-empty, and it quickly became apparent that none of us had anything in common.

From Salon

On Friday, for the first time in a non-pandemic environment, the draft was conducted semi-remotely, with the top 93 draft-eligible players and their families filling some of the seats in the half-empty Peacock Theater in Los Angeles while team representatives made their selections from their home markets.

From Los Angeles Times

Even if “Sirât” proves half-empty instead of half-full, witnessing another audience gasp at its mean shocks will be sweet schadenfreude.

From Los Angeles Times