train
noun
a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
half-trained
-
a word derived from
train.
Example Sentences
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"So what they did was rush the half-trained force into the field and they were destroyed piecemeal."
From US News ● Oct. 1, 2015
Wired to our iPods,we are your average, middle-aged bipeds: half-trained, stiff-hinged, pegging up the course,as likely overtaken by a pantomime horse as a Lady Gaga .
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2010
A United States Army, most of it composed of half-trained Filipinos, last week fought the first great U.S. battle of World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
This crash program sacrificed quality for quantity, but even a half-trained medicine man is welcome in a disease-ridden district that has had no doctor at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Prophecy is like a half-trained mule,” he complained to Jorah Mormont.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
