Antonyms for half-baked
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : haf-beykt, hahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈbeɪkt, ˈhɑf- |
Definition of half-baked
Origin :- 1620s as "underdone;" 1855 in sense of "silly;" see half + bake (v.).
- adj stupid; not thought through
- 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
Synonyms for half-baked
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