Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-finished

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
half-fin-ished
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From half- + finished.

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Questions

What does half-finished mean?
Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.
Where does half-finished come from?
From half- + finished.

How to pronounce half-finished

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