half-done
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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By the end of the drive, the up-tempo tune was half-done.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
In Poeni you can see where some of that ends up, in all the half-done new homes.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
A cardboard cutout of Africa that was supposed to be painted with each nation’s flag was only half-done.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
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
There was a half-done puzzle on the table in front of her, but she had no interest in fitting the rest of the pieces together.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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