Half
Half adjective - Lacking some necessary part.
Usage example: half measures that did nothing but prolong the problem
Incomplete is a synonym for half in partial topic. In some cases you can use "Incomplete" instead an adjective "Half".
Nearby Word: halve
Incomplete
Incomplete adjective - Lacking some necessary part.
Usage example: an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
Nearby Words: incompletely, incompleteness
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The first comic to be uploaded on the 1Up blog, House of Miyamoto, has been left incomplete for half a year so that Norm could post many short comics rather than one large one.
Source: Comic Strip / Hsu and Chan -
A version in Transmetropolitan: Fred Christ is human on one half of his body and one of The Greys on the other half, due to an incomplete genetic alteration.
Source: Two-Faced - Half of them are incomplete, but the other three clearly depict Ogden, Anders, and the Woodsman.
Source: Video Game / Dragon Fantasy
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