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half-measure

alt. an inadequate solution to a problem n. an inadequate solution to a problem

Usage examples of "half-measure".

The same holds for our other problem, which provoked this coalition to drop half-measures, leaving the Phylum's bland compromisers behind.

Speaker Leary brooked no half-measures: his proscription covered every Mundy of Chatsworth over the age of twelve.