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Discover LudwigThe phrase "half empty" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used to describe a glass or container that is only partially filled, or it can be used figuratively to describe a situation or perspective as being negative or pessimistic. Example 1: "The glass was only half empty, so I decided to refill it before it was completely empty." Example 2: "Some people see the current economic situation as half empty, while others see it as half full."
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This place is half empty.
His canteen is half empty.
HALF EMPTY, by David Rakoff (Anchor, $14.95).
East Berlin seemed half empty and grubby.
Mobile home parks are half empty.
Infact it's over half empty.
My building is half empty.
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Life is half over, the glass half emptied.
So it went half-empty.
In half-empty aeroplanes!
Or maybe half-empty.
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