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half-baked

American  
[haf-beykt, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈbeɪkt, ˈhɑf- /

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 British  

adjective

  1. insufficiently baked

  2. informal foolish; stupid

  3. informal poorly planned or conceived

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Etymology

Origin of half-baked

First recorded in 1615–25

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