halfway; unfinished; incomplete
Describes something left incomplete or stopped midway. Often used in set phrases like 半途でやめる or 半途のまま.
I can't just leave the work half-finished.
The plan has been left incomplete.
Compound of 半 (half) and 途 (way, path). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used to mean 'halfway' or 'unfinished'.