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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

설익은

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seol-ig-eun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Half-baked/ˌhɑːfˈbeɪkt/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그것은 아직 설익은 아이디어에 불과하다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not sufficiently thought through, planned, or developed; lacking proper consideration.

    "We cannot present such a half-baked proposal to the board of directors."
  2. 2

    Impracticable or foolish due to a lack of sound reasoning or preparation.

    "He always comes up with half-baked schemes to get rich quick."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the mid-17th century from the literal sense of bread or pastry that has not been baked long enough or thoroughly. By the 19th century, the term metaphorical shifted to describe ideas, plans, or people lacking sufficient maturity, thought, or intellectual development.

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