Half-baked

//ˌhæfˈbeɪkt//

"Half-baked" in a Sentence (15 examples)

This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.

One of the characters in the novel dreams up a half-baked plan for robbing a bank.

Don't do a half-baked job.

Tom came up with some half-baked idea that was never going to work.

Your idea: is it half-baked or genius?

If you're going to step out of your field, spend time genuinely learning the other one. Don't just run in with half-baked ideas.

The guy had some half-baked idea for getting rich in the stock market.

"You're cheap. Cheap education, cheap ideas, a half-baked bloody nobody."

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.

Though Jevons's theory was more than half-baked, it needed more time in the oven, since he forgot to calculate that poor harvests in Asia would hit England only after a time lag.

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A Cambridgeshire man recently gave notice with a message piped on top of a passion cake. A half-baked idea, or a generous parting gift for the office?

If you need to talk to John tonight, try to catch him early in the evening, while he's still only half-baked.

Near-synonyms: underbaked, dough-baked (dated)

The casserole was half-baked, but I choked it down anyway to be polite.

When the casserole is half-baked, get started on preparing the side dishes.

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