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/ˌhafˈbākt/

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- 1. (of an idea or philosophy) not fully thought through; lacking a sound basis: "half-baked notions of Teutonic superiority" Similar not thought throughnot fully developedundevelopedunformedharebrainedpoorly plannedunplannedill-conceivedill-judgedimpracticalunrealisticunworkableinjudiciousridiculousinformal:crazycrackpotcock-eyedOpposite sensiblewell reasoned
- ▪ foolish: "half-baked visionaries without a mission" Similar foolishstupidsillyidioticdoltishasininesimplemindedfeeblemindedempty-headedharebrainedfeatherbrainedfeather-headedbrainlesssenselesswitlessunintelligentignorantinexperiencedimmaturecallowgreencredulousinformal:crazydimdopeydumbthickdamfoolhalfwitteddimwittedbirdbrainedlamebraineddunderheadedwet behind the earsgormlessdaftdivvydozyas thick as two short planksglaikitdumb-asschowderheadeddofdotishOpposite sensible
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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.
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Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. HALF-BAKED meaning: 1. A half-baked idea or plan has not been considered carefully enough: 2. A half-baked idea or…. Learn more.

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What does a half baked proposal mean?
1. insufficiently cooked. 2. not completed; insufficiently planned or prepared: a half-baked proposal. 3. lacking mature judgment or experience; unrealistic: half-baked theorists. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Should you use half-baked ideas?
That's not to say that you should use "half-baked" ideas: all ideas should be ripe when they are being implemented. So many of these recent essays make a show of maximal divulgence, but are too half-baked and dashed-off to do the work of real introspection.

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What does it mean if a cupcake is half baked?
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. If your plan for moving to Iceland is half-baked, it means you haven't thought the whole thing through.

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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.
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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.
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If something's half-baked, nobody wants to eat it — it's useless. An idea or plan, likewise, is half-baked if isn't worth wasting time on. Definitions of half-baked. adjective. insufficiently cooked. synonyms: underdone. raw. not treated with heat to prepare it for eating. adjective.
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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.
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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.

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