Meanings
adjectivedough-baked (not comparable)
- colloquialnot comparableNot brought to perfection; unfinished.
Near-synonym: half-baked
Synonyms: half-baked
- archaiccolloquialnot comparableDandy but soft, and thus unmanly; dull-witted.
But as to your milksops, your dough-baked lovers, who stay at home and strut among the women, when glory is to be gained in the martial field; I despise them with all my heart.
1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveImperfectly baked.
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adjectiveNot brought to perfection; unfinished.
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dough-baked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dough-baked
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