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Meaning of half-past-six | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Careless; shoddy.
    Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial
  2. Incompetent.
    Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial

Examples

“Hence, its ill-repute of shoddiness and unreliability, as one is criticised for “half-past six work” or an organisation being labelled as a “half-past six company.””
“Lately there has been a lot of talk by politicians about our being a “half-past-six” nation.”
“Nah...for such shoddy half past six work...i will stick to my own camera, Tey or Snap-Attack.com!”
“A RESPECTABLE statesman once said if a country surrenders its sovereignty, it may become a half-past-six country.”
“Whatever Mahathir's shortcomings were, he cannot be accused of being a half-past six leader. The problem with Pak Lah[…]is that all the kings’ horses and all the kings’ men cannot prove that he is not one.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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