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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
half-baked
Do these all work and mean the same thing?
1. The punishment was half-baked.
2. The punishment was incomplete.
3. The punishment was meted only halfway.
4. Any other?
Thank you.
1. The punishment was half-baked.
2. The punishment was incomplete.
3. The punishment was meted only halfway.
4. Any other?
Thank you.
Top answer
2-3, yes, pretty much the same. IMO, 1 would mean something else: that the punishment wasn't well thought out. ------- half-baked Function: adjective 1 : only imperfectly baked : UNDERDONE 2 a : not well planned : poorly contrived <a half-baked plan> b : lacking judgment, intelligence, or common sense <a half-baked individual> <dramatic ideas that are often trivial or half-baked -- Winthrop Sargeant> -----------
- 2-3, yes, pretty much the same.
- IMO, 1 would mean something else: that the punishment wasn't well thought out.
- ------- half-baked Function: adjective 1 : only imperfectly baked : UNDERDONE 2 a : not well planned : poorly contrived <a half-baked plan> b : lacking judgment, intelligence, or common sense <a half-baked individual> <dramatic ideas that are often trivial or half-baked -- Winthrop Sargeant> -----------
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Hi
Number 3 sounds odd and, to me, it is not quite the correct way to use "mete". In addition, "meted" is usually followed by "out".
You might say this:
The punishment that was meted out was only half of what it should have been.
Number 3 sounds odd and, to me, it is not quite the correct way to use "mete". In addition, "meted" is usually followed by "out".
You might say this:
The punishment that was meted out was only half of what it should have been.
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