As a measure of degree: Attaining only half-way to completeness or to the actual action, quality, or character in question; falling short of the…

Used occasionally for broken, adj.

Not complete; not fully formed, made, or done; not whole, entire, or thorough; wanting some part; unfinished, imperfect, defective.

Lacking some usual or necessary part; not fully developed, formed, or done; unfinished, incomplete. Also: of less than the full or expected amount…

Incomplete, imperfect (elliptical in quot.).

Lacking in some quality, attribute, or part necessary for full, efficient, and successful operation or… Of a material thing.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Of or relating to a part, rather than the whole; partial.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

With only half of the face visible.

Of the nature of, or composed of, fragments; not complete or entire; disconnected or disjointed.

Incomplete; fragmentary; imperfect.

That shares something with another; having a share; (also) taking only a portion or part of something. Obsolete.

Of, pertaining to, or dealing with a fraction or fractions; comprising or constituting a fraction; of the nature of a fraction. Hence…

= fractional, adj.

Midway or equidistant between two points. half-way house, a house (often an inn) situated midway between two towns or stages of a journey, and…

= fragmentary, adj.; spec. in Geology (see quot. 1882).

That is half one thing and half another; that is half the thing in question, and half not: often merely an emphatic expression for half.

= fragmentary, adj.

Not completed; unfinished, incomplete.

Pertaining to a section or division of a larger part. Of the nature of a section, incomplete.

Fragmentary, jumbled. Cf. mincemeat, n. 2.