"half-finished" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's \"History of the English Railway\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:",
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        "Only partially completed, being approximately at the halfway stage."
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          "partially"
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          "completed",
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          "approximately",
          "approximately"
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          "halfway",
          "halfway"
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          "stage",
          "stage"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "half-built"
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        {
          "word": "unfinished"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "yarımçıq"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "yarımçılıq"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bànchéng de",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "半成的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bànjié de",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "半截的"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "puolivalmis"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "halbfertig"
        },
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          "roman": "hēmitelḗs",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "ἡμιτελής"
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          "code": "kix",
          "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "yôlīe"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "полуготов"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "halvferdig"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "halvferdig"
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          "roman": "nim-kâre",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "نیمکاره"
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâ-tamâm",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "ناتمام"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "halvfärdig"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "halvfabrikat"
        }
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  "word": "half-finished"
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      "word": "half-built"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "yarımçıq"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "yarımçılıq"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànchéng de",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "半成的"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànjié de",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "半截的"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "halbfertig"
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      "roman": "hēmitelḗs",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "ἡμιτελής"
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      "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
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      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "sēmifactus"
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      "sense": "only partially completed",
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      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "halvferdig"
    },
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      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "halvferdig"
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nim-kâre",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "نیمکاره"
    },
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâ-tamâm",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "ناتمام"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "halvfärdig"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
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  "word": "half-finished"
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