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单词 half-baked
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half-baked

adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe an idea or plan as half-baked, you mean that it has not been properly thought out, and so is stupid or impractical.
[disapproval]
This is another half-baked scheme that isn't going to work.
I didn't want to make things worse by coming up with half-baked notions.
Synonyms: stupid, impractical, crazy [informal], silly More Synonyms of half-baked

half-baked in British English

adjective
1. 
insufficiently baked
2.  informal
foolish; stupid
3.  informal
poorly planned or conceived

half-baked in American English

(ˈhæfˌbeɪkt)
adjective
1. 
only partly baked
2. 
not completely planned or thought out
a half-baked scheme
3. 
having or showing little intelligence and experience

Examples of 'half-baked' in a sentence
half-baked

He has announced some half-baked plan to impose a points system.
The Sun (2009)
The world cannot afford another half-baked solution.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But these are just a few questions officials should have considered before coming up with this half-baked plan.
The Sun (2008)
So why do so many couples in this series choose to ignore her advice and stick to their half-baked ideas?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A few decorations were a half-baked attempt to make it look warm and inviting.
The Sun (2008)
It is simply not very funny - instead we get more a collection of half-baked ideas.
The Sun (2013)
Brand's half-baked ideas are easy to mock.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Aside from my few half-baked ideas and disconnected observations, the car ride home with my wife was mostly quiet.
Christianity Today (2000)
A parade of half-baked ideas.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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