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adjective
- 1. not fully thought through; lacking a sound basis: "a half-baked conspiracy theory" Similar Opposite
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Half-baked means not planned or considered carefully enough. Learn how to use this informal adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
- English (US)
HALF-BAKED meaning: 1. A half-baked idea or plan has not...
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- Half-Baked in Simplified Chinese
HALF-BAKED translate: （想法或计划）考虑不周全的，草率的. Learn more in the...
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HALF-BAKED translate: （想法或計劃）考慮不周全的，草率的. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
Learn the meaning of half-baked as an adjective to describe something poorly developed, lacking planning, or imperfectly baked. See synonyms, examples, and word history of half-baked.
HALF-BAKED meaning: 1. A half-baked idea or plan has not been considered carefully enough: 2. A half-baked idea or…. Learn more.
If you describe an idea or plan as half-baked, you mean that it has not been properly thought out, and so is stupid or impractical.
adjective. insufficiently cooked. not completed; insufficiently planned or prepared: a half-baked proposal for tax reform. lacking mature judgment or experience; unrealistic. half-baked. adjective. insufficiently baked. informal. foolish; stupid. informal. poorly planned or conceived.
Half-baked means only partly baked, insufficiently thought out, or lacking mature judgment. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of this informal adjective from various sources.
You can use the adjective half-baked to describe your sadly underdone cupcakes, or in a figurative way to criticize your brother's crazy business idea. When something's half-baked, it's just never going to work.
