half-baked

[haf-beykt, hahf-]

adjective

1. insufficiently cooked.

2. not completed; insufficiently planned or prepared.

   a half-baked proposal for tax reform.

3. lacking mature judgment or experience; unrealistic.

half-baked

adjective

1. insufficiently baked

2. informal,  foolish; stupid

3. informal,  poorly planned or conceived

Word History and Origins

Origin of half-baked¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Related Words

• idiotic 
• ill-conceived 
• witless