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Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.
Wilson Mizner

Meaning of "half-baked" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-BAKED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-BAKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Baked is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HALF-BAKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Half Baked

Half Baked is a 1998 American stoner comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams and Guillermo Díaz. The film was directed by Tamra Davis, co-written by Chappelle and Neal Brennan and produced by Robert Simonds.

Definition of half-baked in the English dictionary

The first definition of half-baked in the dictionary is insufficiently baked. Other definition of half-baked is foolish; stupid. Half-Baked is also poorly planned or conceived.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-BAKED

half-a-dollar
half-and-half
half-arsed
half-asleep
half-assed
half-awake
half-ball
half-binding
half-blind
half-blood
half-blooded
half-blue
half-board
half-boot
half-bottle
half-bound
half-breed
half-brother
half-buried
half-butt

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-BAKED

awaked
beaked
buck-naked
butt-naked
caked
faked
half-naked
home-baked
leaked
mother-naked
mud-caked
naked
oaked
peaked
raked
soaked
stark-naked
streaked
sunbaked
unbaked

Synonyms and antonyms of half-baked in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HALF-BAKED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «half-baked» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of half-baked

Translation of «half-baked» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-BAKED

Find out the translation of half-baked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-baked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-baked» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半生不熟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a medias
570 millions of speakers

English

half-baked
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपरिपक्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف خبز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полусырым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cozido metade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধপোড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à moitié cuit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Separuh dibakar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unausgegoren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中途半端な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불완전한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah baked
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dại dột
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரைகுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्ध्या भाजलेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarı pişmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cotto a metà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

połowiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напівсирим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semi-coapta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κακοσχεδιασμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- gebak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvfärdiga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halvferdig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-baked

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-BAKED»

The term «half-baked» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.799 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-BAKED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «half-baked» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «half-baked» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-baked

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4 QUOTES WITH «HALF-BAKED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word half-baked.
1
Bill Budge
I know when something is kind of half-baked.
2
Wilson Mizner
Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.
3
Jessica Savitch
I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?
4
Michael York
It's a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn't matter, it is completely irrelevant in a way. I know so many actors who were discouraged and put that aside. You will get half-baked opinions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-BAKED»

Discover the use of half-baked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-baked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Half Baked: The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We ...
Author Alexa Stevenson had spent most of her life preparing for the wrong disasters.
Alexa Stevenson, 2010
2
Chas Addams Half-Baked Cookbook: Culinary Cartoons for the ...
So it should come as no wonder that in the 1960s Charles Addams was dabbling with a "cookbook" idea. Addams discovered and compiled some bizarre recipes from antiquated and out-of-the-way sources.
Charles Addams, 2008
3
Half-Baked Gourmet: Party Foods
Introduces a tasty collection of easy-to-prepare recipes for dips, finger foods, hors d'oeuvres, and other delicious party foods--including Spicy Citrus Wings, Brie en Croute, and Greek Tomato Pizza--that use a host of ready-made shortcuts ...
Jan Turner Hazard, 2004
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Half-Baked Gourmet: Pasta
Explains how to use a wide variety of pantry staples and pre-packed foods, along with fresh ingredients, to concoct a delectable array of pasta dishes, in a handy cookbook containing two hundred quick-and-easy recipes for every occasion.
Jean Galton, 2005
5
Murder Half-Baked
Kathleen Delaney. used to be wicker baskets on the counter filled with freshly baked bread. Long loaves, fat round ones, dark brown wheat, and special breads filled with cheese or olives. My mother always bought white bread. Sal would say  ...
Kathleen Delaney, 2011
6
52 Loaves: A Half-baked Adventure
Charts the author's attempts to bake the perfect loaf of bread, including growing, harvesting, and milling his own wheat.
William Alexander, 2011
7
Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other ...
In Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't, economist and bestselling author John R. Lott, Jr., answers these and other common economic questions, bravely confronting the profound distrust of the market ...
John R. Lott Jr., 2007
8
Half Baked Alaska
A humorous guide to Alaska and Alaskans by a newspaper cartoonist.
Mark Wheeler, 1972
9
The Quotable Stoner: More that 1,100 Baked, Lit-Up, and ...
And in this book, you'll find more than a thousand hilarious, half-baked quotes about marijuana and its (medicinal, calming, overall awesome) influence on movies, people, politics, and pop culture from well-known stoners like Tommy Chong to ...
Holden Blunts, 2011
10
Half-Baked Gourmet Desserts
Presents a delectable assorment of two hundred easy-to-prepare recipes for desserts ranging from Devil's Food Cookies to Banana Napoleons that use such helpful shortcuts as boxed mixes and instant puddings.
Tamara Holt, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-BAKED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-baked is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Half-Naked Superhero Who Waged War on Poverty
All week, we'll be presenting our favorite half-baked superheroes from comic book history, excerpted from The League of Regrettable ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Best thing I ate last week: Trader Joe's Partially Popped Popcorn
Those kernels are steamed, then heated in canola oil, so they remain half-baked. My beau and I devoured them like the proverbial hotcakes. «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
3
Dark Ages 2.0: The Return of Public Lynching
... selective interpretation of history, personal agendas, half-baked ideas, outrageous sensationalism, and general ranting are commonplace, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
The Running of the Bullshit
The reliving of some half-baked Hemingway-esque rite-of-passage garbage that the friends of said runners will have to hear about until their ... «OZY, Jul 15»
5
The Euro Shows the Way for the EU
Indirect mandates (such as those that national governments bring to the European Council when they legislate there) or half-baked ones (such ... «Carnegie Europe, Jul 15»
6
The Humiliation and Subjugation of Greece
Their ludicrously expensive and half-baked mission to Mars is presumably a step in this direction. The main plank in their game plan to control ... «Gold Seek, Jul 15»
7
The Dark Light by Julia Bell - book review: Teenage horror as …
Gradually, the two girls are drawn together, and as the magnificent Alex challenges and derides every half-baked opinion that her friend has ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Use of 'half-baked' housing data 'disappointing' - Devoy
Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy says the use of "half-baked" housing data to suggest overseas Chinese nationals are ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
9
Labour's 'half-baked' property data turns Chinese buyers into …
A lack of legitimate data about foreign property buyers has led to "half-baked" information verging on racism in the Auckland housing market, ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Our View: Parents must join the fight against half-baked education …
AS IF THE government's half-baked – verging on the ridiculous – attempt at reforming the existing, free-for-all appointment system for teachers, ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»

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