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