Wiktionary
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.