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half-baked

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "half-baked" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable

10 characters

English (US)

1syllable

half-baked

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, half-baked is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofhalf-baked

1adjective

(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.
Example: "The guy had some half-baked idea for getting rich in the stock market."

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Before

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