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needed more time in the oven

needed more time in the oven is the simple past and past participle of need more time in the oven.

Meaning of need more time in the oven

Verb

need more time in the oven (third-person singular simple present needs more time in the oven, present participle needing more time in the oven, simple past and past participle needed more time in the oven)

  1. (figuratively) Of a project or an idea, to be insufficiently polished or thought out; requiring more time to attain acceptable quality.
    • Their draft of the new business case doesn't yet say enough about the market research they've done — it clearly needs more time in the oven.

Questions about needed more time in the oven

What is needed more time in the oven the simple past and past participle of?
Needed more time in the oven is the simple past and past participle of need more time in the oven.

Words near needed more time in the oven in the dictionary

  1. needable
  2. needcessities
  3. needcessity
  4. neede
  5. needed
  6. needed more time in the oven
  7. needed no introduction
  8. needed not
  9. needed one's bumps feeling
  10. needed one's bumps felt
  11. needed one's eyes checked

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