"half-finished" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "half",
        "3": "finished"
      },
      "expansion": "half- + finished",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From half- + finished.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "half-finished (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with half-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's \"History of the English Railway\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800",
          "text": "As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Only partially completed, being approximately at the halfway stage."
      ],
      "id": "en-half-finished-en-adj-tKhyIme5",
      "links": [
        [
          "partially",
          "partially"
        ],
        [
          "completed",
          "completed"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately"
        ],
        [
          "halfway",
          "halfway"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "half-built"
        },
        {
          "word": "unfinished"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "yarımçıq"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hēmitelḗs",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "ἡμιτελής"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "sēmifactus"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "polugotov",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "полуготов"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "halvferdig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "halvferdig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "word": "halvfärdig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "only partially completed",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "halvfabrikat"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-finished"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "half",
        "3": "finished"
      },
      "expansion": "half- + finished",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From half- + finished.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "half-finished (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "half-built"
    },
    {
      "word": "unfinished"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms prefixed with half-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's \"History of the English Railway\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800",
          "text": "As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Only partially completed, being approximately at the halfway stage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "partially",
          "partially"
        ],
        [
          "completed",
          "completed"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately"
        ],
        [
          "halfway",
          "halfway"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "yarımçıq"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hēmitelḗs",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "ἡμιτελής"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "sēmifactus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "polugotov",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "полуготов"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "halvferdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "halvferdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "word": "halvfärdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "only partially completed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "halvfabrikat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-finished"
}