half-baked

half-baked
adjective Date: 1621 1. a. poorly developed or carried out <
a half-baked idea
>
<
half-baked research
>
b. lacking adequate planning or forethought <
a half-baked scheme for getting rich
>
c. lacking in judgment, intelligence, or common sense 2. imperfectly baked ; underdone

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • half-baked — half′ baked′ adj. 1) insufficiently cooked 2) not completed; insufficiently planned or prepared: a half baked proposal[/ex] 3) lacking mature judgment or experience; unrealistic: half baked theorists[/ex] • Etymology: 1615–25 …   From formal English to slang

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  • half-baked — (adj.) 1620s as underdone; 1855 in sense of silly …   Etymology dictionary

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