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The phrase "are less than half" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quantity that is below fifty percent of a whole.
Example: "The results indicate that the participants who preferred option A are less than half of the total respondents."
Alternatives: "are below fifty percent" or "are under half".
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Most hotels are less than half full.
Cuts to spending, by contrast, are less than half complete.
There are less than half as many women entrepreneurs as men.
Evenings, the parking lots of motels are less than half full.
At age 15, the children are less than half as likely to have been arrested.
The budgets for both groups are less than half of the other two.
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Their denials are less than half-hearted...
Their denials are less than half-hearted..
If you are less than half-time in the Spring, you will still be charged medical insurance during the semester.
The fact is that they are struggling – you cannot make money flying planes that are less than half-full.
Moreover, the voltage stresses across all the semiconductors are less than half of the output voltage.
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