Half-baked definitions

hăf'bākt', häf'-
Only partly baked.
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Insufficiently thought out; ill-conceived.

A half-baked scheme.

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Exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense.

A half-baked visionary.

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Only partly baked.
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Not completely planned or thought out.

A half-baked scheme.

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Having or showing little intelligence and experience.
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Alternative spelling of half-baked.
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Used other than as an idiom: Partially cooked by heating in an oven.

When the casserole is half-baked, take it out and sprinkle the grated cheese on top.

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(idiomatic, informal, frequently derisive) Incomplete; (of an idea or scheme) not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought-out; (of a person) foolish or having no common sense.

The guy had some half-baked idea for getting rich in the stock market.

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Origin of half-baked

half- +‎ baked

Sentence Examples

  • half-baked Government ideas like ID cards.

  • half-baked plan which would simply mean people paying more in the long-run.

  • half-baked schemes?

  • half-baked theories of the lecture room are given to the world as firmly established truths.

  • half-baked nonsense.

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