half-cocked

Adjective

Meaning

(of a gun) Not fully cocked

(of a plan etc) Not fully prepared

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

premature overhasty ungifted sciolistic too soon dabbling uncrystallized

Antonyms

mystic fey psychic visionary oracular sibylline
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Examples

Before we all go off half-cocked for or against the LEAP manifesto, let me remind everyone that the party did not vote to adopt it, but, rather, to study and debate it. Source: Internet

I'm not rushing off with my calendula diaper ointment and talk of half-cocked. Source: Internet

Sometimes, if I write too much in one spot, my brain goes offline, and I end up staring at the blank computer screen with my mouth half-cocked open, and a spittle of drool leaking out. Source: Internet

The news is good: We made it through the State of the Union address without a congressman going off half-cocked shouting, “You lie!” Source: Internet

Rebecca Butterman was described as bolting off half-cocked, and, unfortunately, I felt that she did this in Deadly Advice. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

half-clammed half-clothed half-cock Half-collapse half-colonel half-conscious