プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
なまじっか
❶〔よせばいいのに〕
なまじっか彼にお世辞など言わないほうがよかった
You should not have said flattering things to him./This is what you get for flattering him.
❷〔かえって〕
なまじっか腕に覚えがあるばかりに大けがをした
He was seriously injured simply because of overconfidence in his own ability.
❸〔中途半端〕なまじっかな 〔中途半端の〕halfway;〔本気でない〕half-hearted;〔深みのない〕superficial;〔不完全な〕imperfect
なまじっかな処置では間に合うまい
Halfway measures will not be enough.
なまじっかの知識
superficial knowledge
なまじっかな同情は禁物だ
Half-hearted sympathy should be avoided.
なまじっかなことならしないほうがいい
It is better not to do it at all than to do it 「by halves [in a half-hearted way].