Careless; shoddy.
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.”
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Incompetent.
Lately there has been a lot of talk by politicians about our being a “half-past-six” nation.
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