half-baked

[ haf-beykt, hahf- ]

/ ˈhæfˈbeɪkt, ˈhɑf- /

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adjective

insufficiently cooked.

not completed; insufficiently planned or prepared: a half-baked proposal for tax reform.

lacking mature judgment or experience; unrealistic.

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Origin of half-baked

First recorded in 1615–25

Words nearby half-baked

half-arsed, half-asleep, half-assed, half-awake, halfback, half-baked, half-ball, half bath, halfbeak, half binding, half-blind

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How to use half-baked in a sentence

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
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My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
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As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.
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Travel Noire fellows earned about a half million travel miles in 2014.
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Murders in the City of Angels have fallen by about half in the last 10 years: no small feat for such a big city.
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It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.
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The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
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British Dictionary definitions for half-baked

half-baked

adjective

insufficiently baked

informal foolish; stupid

informal poorly planned or conceived

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