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half-baked adj.

Insufficiently or poorly planned or thought out; impractical or unrealistic; as, a half-baked proposal; half-baked ideas; of plans, theories, proposals, etc.

Insufficiently cooked; of food.

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Etymology of 'Half-baked'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Half-baked" Quotes from Famous Books

... from the clay being moulded over gourds which were burnt out in the baking process. It is said that in the Southern States the kilns in which the ancient pottery was baked have been found, and in some the half-baked ware remained, retaining the rinds of the gourds over which they had been moulded. Afterwards, when the potter learned to make bowls without the aid of gourds, he still retained the shape of his ...

— The Naturalist in Nicaragua • Thomas Belt

Words linked to "Half-baked" : colloquialism, raw, impractical