halfcocked

halfcocked
half·cocked (hăfʹkŏktʹ, häfʹ-) adj.
1. Informal. Inadequately or poorly prepared:

a halfcocked plan to buy out the company.

2. Being at the position of half cock. Used of a firearm.
adv. Informal
In an inadequate or poorly prepared manner:

went off halfcocked and bought all the wrong items.

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