halfness

noun

halfness

noun

US /ˈhæfnəs/

Etymology From half + -ness.

1

Usually The quality of being half; incompleteness.

As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation:

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