half empty

half empty (not comparable)

1. Synonym of half full.
   • 2023 November 1, Paul Clifton, “One account for the UK railway”, in RAIL, number 995, page 43:

     " […] But we shouldn't be charging a share of the main line costs to the half-empty trains on the Marlow branch. If the Marlow branch trains were cut because they don't pay, you'd still have to face all the costs of the main line, just without the extra passengers delivered by the Marlow branch."

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• see the glass half-empty