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中途半端 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
中途半端
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Reading : ちゅうとはんぱ   
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked  (yojijukugo)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 65,040 which gives a rank of 14,105
中途半端 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 38,000 (about 14,400,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4925
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 19 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ちゅうとはんぱ
中途半端
やるくらいならやらない
ほう
まし
You may as well not do it at all than do it imperfectly.
わたし
けっ
して
なにごと
何事
ちゅうとはんぱ
中途半端
しないつもり
I'll never do anything by halves.
かじ
火事
ちゅうとはんぱ
中途半端
やり
かた
ふせ
げない

Fire cannot be prevented by half measures.
ちゅうとはんぱ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 181,000 (about 392,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 19 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ト   road
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ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
move
ハン   なか half   
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eight
タン   edge   は    はし    はた    
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ジ   しか and then, moreover   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
サン   やま mountain   
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