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Example sentences from the Web for half measureHickenlooper had granted Dunlap a temporary reprieve in 2013, which amounted to a half-measure that made nobody happy. Who Gets to Decide Who Lives or Dies?|Cliff Schecter|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST But we believe that a half-measure of wine a day is enough for anyone, making due allowance, of course, for the needs of the sick. A Source Book for Mediaeval History|Oliver J. Thatcher We feel how vain is the dream of those who think that this or that half-measure has solved it. Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice|Edward A. Freeman These half-measure men are very useful; nay, indeed, necessary, in the commencement of a general revolution. Tales of My Time, Vol. II (of 3)|William Pitt Scargill
He has an utter contempt for dull men and timid or half-measure men, and he scorns Whigs even more than Tories. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches|Justin McCarthy He inveighed that the half-measure was useless; he predicted that the storm would not thereby be quenched.
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noun(often plural) an inadequate measure Words nearby half measurehalf-liter, half-long, half-mad, half-marathon, half-mast, half measure, half-mile, half-miler, half-minute, halfmoon, half mourning Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to half measurepact, accord, adjustment, deal, bargain, understanding, arrangement, concession, settlement, accommodation, compact, covenant, sellout, contract, composition, mean, trade-off, copout, happy medium, middle ground |