half-done
Britishadjective
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
Now I often cross my living room, see a half-done puzzle, and instead park myself on my couch, zone out and mindlessly scroll and scroll and scroll on my phone.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2022
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
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
Brigit took out a pair of knitting needles and a half-done quilt square and started stitching.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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