half-measure russian

• полуме́ра

  half measure

• паллиати́в

  stopgap, half-measure, temporary solution, makeshift

  palliative, palliative remedy

• косу́шка

  kosushka (old Russian liquid measure of 307.5 ml), half-bottle measure

  glass of this size, bottle of this size

  bowl

• полови́нчатость

  half-heartedness, half-measures, half-way policy, indecisiveness

  halfness, being divided into halves

Examples

• Руководство критиковали за половинчатость принятых мер.

  The leadership was criticized for the half-hearted nature of the measures it had adopted.

• Половинчатые меры тут не помогут.

  Half-hearted measures won't help here.

• Такие полумеры не решат нашу проблему.

  Such half measures won't solve our problem.

• Правительство ограничилось полумерами вместо реформ.

  The government settled for half measures instead of reforms.

• Директор снова предложил полумеру, а не решение.

  Once again, the director proposed a half measure instead of a solution.