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partial

 adjective
     
par‧tial
1 not complete:
The exhibition was only a partial success.
a partial solution to traffic congestion in Oxford
2

be partial to something

formal to like something very much:
I'm very partial to cream cakes.
3 unfairly supporting one person or one group against another [≠ impartial]
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