Female bad, not half, ending in shame (3)
I believe the answer is:
eve
'female' is the definition.
(Eve is an example)
'bad not half ending in shame' is the wordplay.
'bad' becomes 'evil' ('evil' is associated in meaning with 'bad').
'not half' means to take half the letters.
'ending in' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'shame' is 'e'.
'evil' with half the letters taken is 'ev'.
'ev'+'e'='EVE'
(Other definitions for eve that I've seen before include "Day before (an event)" , "Adam & - -" , "See 27" , "Later in the day, in short" , "Previous day" .)