"half-baked" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-half-baked.ogg [Australia] Forms: more half-baked [comparative], most half-baked [superlative]
Etymology: half- + baked Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|baked}} half- + baked Head templates: {{en-adj|head=half-baked}} half-baked (comparative more half-baked, superlative most half-baked)
  1. (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. Tags: figuratively, informal Synonyms: half-assed, half-cocked Translations (incomplete): halfbakken (Dutch), halfgaar (Dutch), foireux (French), fumeux (French), unausgegoren (German), несостоя́тельный (nesostojátelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), доморо́щенный (domoróščennyj) [masculine] (Russian), faltarle un hervor (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-half-baked-en-adj-i6lC8fn7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'incomplete': 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Partially cooked by heating in an oven. Translations (partially cooked): halfbakken (Dutch), halfgaar (Dutch), puolikypsä (Finnish), μισοψημένος (misopsiménos) [masculine] (Greek), toorekas (Ingrian)
    Sense id: en-half-baked-en-adj-MTTDlN4n Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename Disambiguation of 'partially cooked': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half baked, halfbaked Related terms: half-measure, need more time in the oven

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