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Synonyms for half-baked


Grammar : Adj
Spell : haf-beykt, hahf-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈbeɪkt, ˈhɑf-

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Définition of half-baked

Origin :
  • 1620s as "underdone;" 1855 in sense of "silly;" see half + bake (v.).
  • adj stupid; not thought through
Example sentences :
  • And so he is; he's like yourself, he's only half-baked, the half thick.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • And is not the half-baked designer in as sorry a plight as the half-baked artist of any kind?
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • As this sago is half-baked in this operation, it will keep for a very long time.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • More than a dozen bodies lay upon it, half-baked, half-roasted!
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • If not, it is wiser to defer than to offer a half-baked opinion.
  • Extract from : « The Armed Forces Officer » by U. S. Department of Defense
  • What is the use of feeding people with unripe or half-baked stuff?
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • His boon companions were apparently Christians of a half-baked sort.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James
  • Your suicides are weak men, down and outers, ignorant, half-baked chaps.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery Girl » by Carolyn Wells
  • He has nursed no crotchets by which to be betrayed into half-baked contentions.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Types » by V. M. Masten
  • People that did not like his writings said he was a half-baked socialist.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb

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