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Antonyms for half baked
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : haf-beykt, hahf- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈbeɪkt, ˈhɑf- |
- able
- acceptable
- active
- adequate
- adult
- agreeable
- analytical
- appropriate
- aware
- backward
- balanced
- believable
- believeable
- big
- brainy
- bright
- capable
- careful
- cautious
- circumspect
- clear
- cognizant
- competent
- complete
- completed
- consequential
- considered
- deep
- delayed
- desirable
- detailed
- developed
- dexterous
- discreet
- dislike
- effective
- efficient
- enough
- eventful
- exciting
- existing
- expert
- fast
- filled
- finished
- fit
- full
- genuine
- good
- grown
- hate
- important
- intelligent
- interesting
- keen
- knifelike
- late
- light
- lively
- logical
- luminous
- lustrous
- major
- mature
- meticulous
- neat
- nice
- normal
- OK
- overdue
- painstaking
- perfect
- plain
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pointed
- polished
- possible
- practical
- pragmatic
- prepared
- present
- professional
- prudent
- quick
- rational
- realistic
- reasonable
- refined
- regular
- responsible
- sane
- satisfactory
- sensible
- sensitive
- serious
- serrated
- sharp
- significant
- skillful
- slow
- smart
- sound
- strong
- sufficient
- suitable
- tenable
- thick
- thorough
- thoughtful
- tidy
- understanding
- unfoolish
- unhurried
- useful
- usual
- vivacious
- well-advised
- whole
- wise
- witty
- worthwhile
Definition of half baked
Origin :- 1620s as "underdone;" 1855 in sense of "silly;" see half + bake (v.).
- As in inefficient : adj not working well; wasteful
- As in moronic : adj stupid
- As in premature : adj rash, impulsive
- As in shallow : adj unintelligent, ignorant
- As in starry-eyed : adj unrealistic
- As in stupid : adj not intelligent; irresponsible
- As in superficial : adj without depth, detail
- As in unacceptable : adj not suitable or satisfactory
- As in undeveloped : adj immature
- As in unfinished : adj not completed
- As in unrealistic : adj not believable or practical
- As in vacuous : adj empty; unintelligent
- As in wanting : adj lacking, inadequate
- As in witless : adj foolish
- As in imbecilic : adj foolish
- As in loopy : adj foolish
- As in one-dimensional : adj superficial
- As in softheaded : adj foolish
- As in thick-witted : adj stupid
- As in tomfool : adj foolish
- As in unworkmanlike : adj inefficient
- As in crazy : adj unrealistic, fantastic
- As in cursory : adj casual, hasty
- As in daft : adj stupid; crazy
- As in dilettante : adj amateurish
- As in dull : adj unintelligent
- As in foolish : adj nonsensical, idiotic
- As in half-baked : adj stupid; not thought through
- As in harebrained : adj stupid, unthinking
- As in ill-advised : adj unwise, not thought out
- When half baked, pour in the sugar and flour, water or juice of fruit.
- Extract from : « The Community Cook Book » by Anonymous
- But now the weather has changed again, and we are half baked.
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch's Book of Love » by Various
- But I mistrust that Nellie, being so half baked, we'll get our trouble soon!
- Extract from : « Stories That End Well » by Octave Thanet
- To-day the wild-life laws of that state are only half baked.
- Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday
- It consisted of some pale, flabby apple pie, about half baked.
- Extract from : « Hector's Inheritance » by Horatio Alger
- Gwyn rushed out to meet her, with beseeching looks and holding the half baked bread in his hand.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- At dawn, he was up again and out by the lake side, with his half baked bread in his hand.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- When half baked, draw to the front of the oven and sift granulated sugar mixed with cinnamon over them.
- Extract from : « 365 Luncheon Dishes » by Anonymous
- She had little patience with half baked theorists and none at all with mere agitators.
- Extract from : « To Him That Hath » by Ralph Connor
- When they are half baked dip the syrup over the top, so as to moisten the crumbs.
- Extract from : « The Young Housekeeper's Friend » by Mrs. (Mary Hooker) Cornelius
Synonyms for half baked
- abortive
- absent
- absurd
- addled
- airheaded
- amateurish
- apparent
- artsy fartsy
- asinine
- away
- backward
- balmy
- bankrupt
- bare
- barmy
- batty
- bedlamite
- behindhand
- below par
- bereft
- besotted
- beyond all reason
- birdbrained
- bizarre
- blank
- blockheaded
- blue sky
- boneheaded
- bonkers
- boring
- brainless
- brash
- brief
- burned out
- can't hack it
- careless
- casual
- changeable
- cockamamie
- cockamamy
- cockeyed
- confused
- cooked
- cosmetic
- cracked
- crackers
- crazy
- crude
- cursory
- cut off
- cut short
- dabbling
- daffy
- daft
- damaged
- dazed
- defective
- deficient
- demented
- dense
- deprived
- depthless
- deranged
- derisory
- destitute
- desultory
- devoid
- dilettante
- dim
- dim-witted
- dimwitted
- dippy
- disagreeable
- disappointing
- disorganized
- displeasing
- distasteful
- dizzy
- doltish
- dopey
- dotty
- drained
- dreaming
- dull
- dumb
- dummy
- eccentric
- embryonic
- emptied
- empty
- empty-headed
- evident
- exceptionable
- exterior
- external
- extravagant
- failing
- fantastic
- farcical
- fast
- fatuous
- faulty
- featherbrained
- feeble
- feeble-minded
- feebleminded
- flaky
- flash
- flighty
- flimsy
- floating
- foolhardy
- foolish
- formless
- found wanting
- fragmentary
- fried
- frivolous
- frothy
- futile
- general
- giddy
- glib
- gone
- goofy
- green
- gullible
- half-assed
- half-baked
- half-cocked
- half-done
- half-witted
- haphazard
- harebrained
- hasty
- hebetudinous
- heedless
- hit or miss
- hollow
- hoping
- hotheaded
- hurried
- idiotic
- idle
- ignorant
- ignored
- ill-advised
- ill-conceived
- ill-considered
- ill-favored
- ill-judged
- imbecilic
- immature
- imperfect
- impolitic
- impossible
- impracticable
- impractical
- improbable
- improficient
- improper
- improvident
- imprudent
- in default
- in the making
- in the ozone
- in the rough
- inadmissible
- inane
- inappropriate
- inapt
- inattentive
- incapable
- incautious
- inchoate
- incipient
- incompetent
- incomplete
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- indolent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inept
- inexpedient
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- inferior
- injudicious
- inopportune
- insane
- insensate
- insupportable
- irrational
- irrelevant
- irresponsible
- ivory-tower
- jerky
- jumping the gun
- kooky
- lacking
- lamebrained
- latent
- laughable
- less
- lightweight
- loony
- loser
- lousy
- low
- ludicrous
- lunatic
- mad
- madcap
- meaningless
- mental
- mindless
- minus
- misguided
- missing
- moronic
- naive
- natural
- needed
- nerdy
- nodding
- nonrealistic
- nonsensical
- not applicable
- not bright
- not cut out for
- not done
- not good enough
- not sensible
- not up to par
- not up to snuff
- numskulled
- nuts
- nutty
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- obtuse
- odd
- off the top of one's head
- off the wall
- offensive
- offhand
- omitted
- on cloud nine
- on the surface
- one-dimensional
- optimistic
- ostensible
- out of all reason
- out of gas
- out of one's gourd
- out to lunch
- outrageous
- outward
- overhasty
- paltry
- partial
- passing
- patchy
- peculiar
- perfunctory
- peripheral
- petty
- piddling
- plain
- pointless
- poor
- poorly planned
- potential
- precipitate
- preposterous
- previous
- primitive
- primordial
- prodigal
- puerile
- quick
- quick-fix
- quixotic
- random
- rapid
- rash
- rattlebrained
- raw
- reachy
- reckless
- reject
- repugnant
- retarded
- ridiculous
- romantic
- rookie
- rough
- roughhewn
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scatterbrained
- screwy
- seeming
- senseless
- shallow
- shapeless
- shoal
- shooting blanks
- short
- short-sighted
- shortsighted
- shy
- silly
- simple
- simple-minded
- simpleminded
- sketchy
- skin-deep
- slack
- slapdash
- slight
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slovenly
- slow
- sluggish
- smattery
- softheaded
- sophomoric
- speedy
- starry-eyed
- stolid
- strange
- stupefied
- stupid
- substandard
- summary
- superficial
- surface
- swift
- tedious
- tenderfoot
- tentative
- theoretical
- thick
- thick-headed
- thickheaded
- thoughtless
- tip of the iceberg
- tomfool
- too little too late
- too soon
- touched
- trifling
- trivial
- unaccomplished
- unactualized
- unadorned
- unappealing
- unassembled
- unbalanced
- uncompleted
- uncomprehending
- unconcluded
- uncritical
- under construction
- underdeveloped
- undesirable
- undeveloped
- undone
- unearthly
- unevolved
- unexecuted
- unfashioned
- unfit
- unformed
- unfulfilled
- ungifted
- unhinged
- unintellectual
- unintelligent
- uninviting
- unperfected
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unprepared
- unprogressive
- unqualified
- unreal
- unreasonable
- unreasoning
- unrefined
- unsatisfactory
- unseemly
- unskilled
- unskillful
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- untaught
- unthinking
- untimely
- untrained
- unwanted
- unwelcome
- unwise
- unworkable
- vacant
- vacuous
- vain
- void
- wacky
- wanting
- warped
- weak
- wearisome
- weird
- whacko
- wild
- wishy-washy
- witless
- won't do
- wrong
- zany
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