half-drunk
Americanadjective
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partly inebriated; partly drunk with alcohol.
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(of a drink or its container) partly consumed or emptied by drinking.
adjective
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Teachers had to abandon ship so quickly that in some cases, half-drunk cups of tea sat on their desks for months.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
The maskless mayor was photographed seated at a table with friends, who also were not wearing face coverings, amid a bevy of half-drunk beverages, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
When I went to see him a few weeks after Regeni’s death, Nagy, a wiry chain-smoker, was perched behind a Louis XIV-style desk piled with papers and half-drunk cups of coffee.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
And here's a sock, and a half-drunk Starbucks plastic beaker of iced coffee.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2012
Mom refills my half-drunk glass back to the absolute brim.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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