half-baked

half-baked

See also: halfbaked and half baked

English

Alternative forms

• half baked
• halfbaked

Etymology

half- +‎ baked

Pronunciation

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Adjective

half-baked (comparative more half-baked, superlative most half-baked)

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: Partially cooked by heating in an oven.

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

2. (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.

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     She came skipping to me just now, clapping her little hands and bleating about how very, very happy she was, dear Mrs Travers. The silly young geezer. I nearly conked her one with my trowel. I'd always thought her half-baked, but now I think they didn't even put her in the oven.

Translations

partially cooked

Finnish: puolikypsä

Greek: μισοψημένος (el) m (misopsiménos)

incomplete

French: foireux (fr), fumeux (fr) German: unausgegoren (de)

Russian: несостоя́тельный (ru) m (nesostojátelʹnyj), доморо́щенный (ru) m (domoróščennyj) Spanish: faltarle un hervor

See also

• half-assed
• half-cocked
• half-measure