half-empty
- (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity
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Contemporary Examples
That makes everybody feel good and talk about how the system can work and so on, but I see the glass as half-empty.
He also gave him stationary, shoelaces, a light for his bike, and a half-empty bottle of Grand Marnier.
When I arrived at the Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer, the pews were half-empty.
Historical Examples
Harkaman looked at his half-empty glass, then filled it to the top.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
But he sat his horse all of a huddle, as limp as a half-empty sack of chaff.
The History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
So there was that strange, half-empty feeling about the house, as if the birds had flown.
Sons and LoversDavid Herbert Lawrence
On the table was a half-empty bottle of champagne and a bedroom tumbler.
The HypocriteCyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
There, he made at once for the half-empty decanter upon the table.
The White BlackbirdHudson Douglas