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How to pronounce “half-baked”
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Pronunciation guide for half-baked
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of half-baked with real speech in context.
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- Cakes by Melissa: Life is What You Bake It
- Definition summary
- (figurative, informal, frequently derisive) Incomplete; (of an idea or scheme) not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought-out; (of a person) foolish or having no common sense.
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How to pronounce half-baked
Cakes by Melissa: Life is What You Bake It
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A Deep Dive Into “half-baked”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (figurative, informal, frequently derisive) Incomplete; (of an idea or scheme) not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought-out; (of a person) foolish or having no common sense.
- Under the influence (of alcohol) but not totally baked.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Partially cooked by heating in an oven, either as an accidental outcome or as a work in process.
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