Used in a Sentence

half-cocked

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for half-cocked.

Editorial note

The feature is good and Python should finish integrating lambdas rather than sitting on their half-cocked nod to it.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(of a plan etc) Not fully prepared.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of half-cocked gathered in one view.

adjective

(of a plan etc) Not fully prepared.

adjective

(of a gun) Not fully cocked.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for half-cocked.

adjective

(of a plan etc) Not fully prepared.

adjective

(of a gun) Not fully cocked.

Example sentences

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The feature is good and Python should finish integrating lambdas rather than sitting on their half-cocked nod to it.

2

Yeah, as usual it seems the internet is going off half-cocked about this.

3

That doesn't mean going in completely half-cocked is the answer either, though.

4

> The feature is good and Python should finish integrating lambdas rather than sitting on their half-cocked nod to it.

5

Or, perhaps, someone would ask why there's a half-cocked reimplementation of drawterm suggested being embedded in acme.

6

You end up with these featureless, plasticky buckets of bolts with half-cocked engines mated to the world's worst transmissions.

7

It has tremendous shortcuts for doing things quickly and powerfully but everything has been added in haphazard, half-cocked, half-assed fashion.

8

I also can't seem to stop myself going off half-cocked and writing language interpreters[1][2] and virtual machines[3].

9

The US is by far the prime leader in the war on drugs, if we fold our cards, it's instantly game over, no matter what half-cocked treaties are outstanding.

10

It was a half-cocked attempt to be relatable and generate buzz, at this point I regret trying to make that connection.

11

It also talks about how this project is a variation on another project, so it's not like he is going off half-cocked and implementing something crazy.

12

If you want to go off half-cocked, try Reddit.

Quote examples

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After that half-cocked "outrage" and "being upset" the slacktivist is going to click another cat video startup and forget this topic altogether.

2

I don't mean to fly off half-cocked, BUT..."my frat brother?" Red flag.

3

My reaction to the post was the "merely a list" bit and was definitely half-cocked.

4

Is a "side project" the half-cocked proof-of-concept game code I wrote over the weekend?

Proper noun examples

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Half-cocked Example: module test ( a, clk ); input a; input clk; wire a; wire clk; reg flop; always @ (posedge clk) begin flop = a; end (...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use half-cocked in a sentence?

The feature is good and Python should finish integrating lambdas rather than sitting on their half-cocked nod to it.

What does half-cocked mean?

(of a plan etc) Not fully prepared.

What part of speech is half-cocked?

half-cocked is commonly used as adjective.