Half Baked
Not thought through
Half baked describes something insufficiently thought through or poorly planned.
A half-baked idea or scheme lacks the development needed to succeed—like bread pulled from the oven too soon.
His half-baked plan fell apart immediately.
The term also means intoxicated from marijuana, playing on baked as slang for high.
- undercookedInsufficiently heated through
- rawIn original state
- not readyLacking sufficient preparation
- doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
- cookie doughUnbaked sweet mixture
incomplete · unfinished · rough draft · sloppy · stoned · blazed · high · marijuana · pot brownie · comedy · Dave Chappelle · munchies · pothead · premature · underdone · gooey · batter · rushed
- Ben & Jerry's
- Drug FilmsTrainspotting, Candy, Less Than Zero, A Scanner Darkly, The Basketball Diaries
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
Half Bakedcomplete
Lacking nothing, fully done
finished · mature · fleshed out · well-developed · polished
Half Bakedwell-thought-out
Carefully planned beforehand
sound · cogent · logical · rigorous · considered
Half Bakedready
Suitable for use now
prepared · polished · professional · vetted · road-tested
half, halve, halved, halves, halving, halfway, halfhearted, bake, baked