Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well-baked

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: well-baked
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fully developed through work, thought, or planning; refined

Example Sentences

"How is it possible, then, for Bobby Caldwell to make hard-rock records like Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer one day, and sing well-baked disco ballads the next?"
"I just want to start this post by saying that this is more of a product of a thought experiment of mine, not a well-baked theory."
"The current ports/pkg relationship is still fragile, perhaps because it's new. [...] Contrast this with the Ubuntu world, where there is a well-baked "unattended-upgrades" option that automatically downloads and upgrades all security updates for both the OS and all third-party packages."

Etymology

Probably conceived in opposition to half-baked

Inflected Forms

more well-baked (comparative) most well-baked (superlative)

Questions

What does well-baked mean?: Fully developed through work, thought, or planning; refined
Where does well-baked come from?: Probably conceived in opposition to half-baked

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