half-staff half-staff : DEFINITION: (noun) A position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress.
SYNONYMS: half-mast.
USAGE: Out of respect for the fallen police officer, all government buildings flew their flags at half-staff for a week.
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J. R. R. Tolkien "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
half-baked half-baked : DEFINITION: (adjective) Foolish; totally unsound.
SYNONYMS: screwball, softheaded, crazy.
USAGE: I refuse to be drawn into another half-baked scheme doomed to failure.
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