"half-measure" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "half-measures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "half-measure (plural half-measures)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Gary Kibbins, Andrew J. Paterson, Grammar & Not-grammar: Selected Scripts and Essays",
          "text": "There is much stronger evidence that the title is a ruse, luring the viewer in by half measures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary)",
          "text": "As Mendicant stated in its report [58,078:H 48:M 12:S ago]: half measures will not suffice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression, page 38",
          "text": "Science and philosophy must proceed by half-measures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Richard K. Betts, American Force, page 61",
          "text": "The United States and United Nations responded to rough experiences by remaining mired in indecision and hamstrung by half-measures (Bosnia to 1995), facing failure and bailing out (Somalia), acting only after a long period of limited and misdirected pressure (Haiti), or holding back from action where more awesome disaster than anywhere else called for it (Rwanda).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inadequate or incomplete solution to a problem."
      ],
      "id": "en-half-measure-en-noun-7yuM~i1I",
      "links": [
        [
          "inadequate",
          "inadequate"
        ],
        [
          "incomplete",
          "incomplete"
        ],
        [
          "solution",
          "solution"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "half measure"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "puolinainen toimenpide"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "puolinainen ratkaisu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "demi-mesure"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "półśrodek"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jumătate de măsură"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poluméra",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "полуме́ра"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "medias tintas"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "paños calientes"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "halvmesyr"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-measure"
}

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "half-measure (plural half-measures)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Gary Kibbins, Andrew J. Paterson, Grammar & Not-grammar: Selected Scripts and Essays",
          "text": "There is much stronger evidence that the title is a ruse, luring the viewer in by half measures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary)",
          "text": "As Mendicant stated in its report [58,078:H 48:M 12:S ago]: half measures will not suffice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression, page 38",
          "text": "Science and philosophy must proceed by half-measures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Richard K. Betts, American Force, page 61",
          "text": "The United States and United Nations responded to rough experiences by remaining mired in indecision and hamstrung by half-measures (Bosnia to 1995), facing failure and bailing out (Somalia), acting only after a long period of limited and misdirected pressure (Haiti), or holding back from action where more awesome disaster than anywhere else called for it (Rwanda).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inadequate or incomplete solution to a problem."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inadequate",
          "inadequate"
        ],
        [
          "incomplete",
          "incomplete"
        ],
        [
          "solution",
          "solution"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "half measure"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "puolinainen toimenpide"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "puolinainen ratkaisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demi-mesure"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "półśrodek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jumătate de măsură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poluméra",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полуме́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "medias tintas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "paños calientes"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "halvmesyr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-measure"
}