half measures
noun
Roget 53:
incompleteness
etc.
adj.;
deficiency,
short measure;
shortcoming
etc.
304;
insufficiency
etc.
640;
imperfection
etc.
651;
immaturity
etc.
(nonpreparation)
674;
half measures.
[part wanting]
defect,
deficit,
defalcation,
omission;
caret;
shortage;
interval
etc.
198;
break
etc.
(discontinuity)
70;
noncompletion
etc.
730;
missing link.
missing piece,
missing part,
gap,
hole,
lacuna.
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Roget 605:
irresolution,
infirmity of purpose,
indecision;
indetermination,
undetermination†;
unsettlement;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
demur,
suspense;
hesitating
etc.
v.,
hesitation,
hesitancy;
vacillation;
changeableness
etc.
149;
fluctuation;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314;
caprice
etc.
608.
fickleness,
levity,
legerete [Fr.];
pliancy
etc.
(softness)
324;
weakness;
timidity
etc.
860;
cowardice
etc.
862;
half measures.
waverer,
ass between two bundles of hay;
shuttlecock,
butterfly;
wimp;
doughface [U.S.].
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half measure
noun
Roget 628:
middle course,
midcourse;
mean
etc.
29;
middle
etc.
68;
juste milieu [Fr.],
mezzo termine [It],
golden mean,
ariston metron [Gr.],
aurea mediocritas [Lat.].
straight
etc.
(direct)
278,
straight course,
straight path;
short cut,
cross cut;
great circle sailing.
neutrality;
half measure,
half and half measures;
compromise.
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