Examples of 'half-measures' in a sentence
Meaning of "half-measures"
half-measure - a noun indicating an incomplete or insufficient action or solution, often used in contexts where full commitment or effort is needed
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I had enough of half-Measures and arrangements.
There is therefore no time for half-measures.
This is no time for half-measures or muddling through.
What we have instead is a catalogue of half-measures.
There can be no half-measures if we are to be successful.
The next time there will be no half-measures.
There can be no half-measures if you want to be successful.
There is no more time for cosmetic half-measures.
We do not have time for half-measures or false solutions.
Alcoholics like myself know there are no half-measures.
Compromises were half-measures of which the nation had had enough.
There is no point in introducing half-measures.
This is no time for half-measures or pretence ; we need a genuine reversal of priorities.
You are adamant and you refuse half-measures.
But those half-measures are no substitute for genuine coordination and teamwork.
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I believe the time for half-measures is over.
This can not be achieved by leaving things as they stand or by half-measures.
There is no room left for half-measures on either side.
Naïve is believing we can curb the climate crisis through half-measures.
The budget offers only half-measures for public transit.
Apple does not tend to make moves in half-measures.
I think that the half-measures catches in the urgency are still worse of all.
Nothing in her life was done in half-measures.
On the other hand, these half-measures can be regarded as a long process of modernization.
Failed through inadequate planning and half-measures.
There are no half-measures with them when wooing the partner of their dreams.
In our daily work we do not accept half-measures.
It is necessary to stop with the half-measures such as those proposed by the government.
And she had never been good at half-measures.
Stop dealing in stupid half-measures and either shit or get off the pot.
Revolutions are not made by half-measures.
Europe was built on half-measures which were eventually filled with meaningful content.
You guys need to stop dealing in stupid half-measures.
The half-measures ended up causing even more disturbance in the planet ecological system.
Such a situation can not be faced with half-measures.
That is precisely why half-measures should not make any sense for an anarchist.
This reality leaves no room for compromise or half-measures.
You have responded to epic crises with half-measures that have produced quarter-results.
There are some people who are always for half-measures.
The Liberal government seems to be taking half-measures in an area where expectations are monumental.
The virus can no longer be contained with half-measures.
Energy policy still consists of half-measures and the Member States are following different strategies.
Do not think that you can fool us with half-measures.
Instead of dangerous half-measures like the Stein campaign, socialists should support explicitly socialist candidates.
The time for small steps and half-measures is over.
All the half-measures lead us to failure.
Sharia in its current form is full of half-measures and compromises.
We can not have a sustainable economy either if we support environmental protection only with half-measures.
The time for delaying and half-measures is long past.
The circumstances allow for no options ; there is no room for judicial half-measures.
