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needing more time in the oven

needing more time in the oven is the present participle and gerund 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 needing more time in the oven

What is needing more time in the oven the present participle and gerund of?
Needing more time in the oven is the present participle and gerund of need more time in the oven.

Words near needing more time in the oven in the dictionary

  1. needily
  2. needin'
  3. neediness
  4. needinesses
  5. needing
  6. needing more time in the oven
  7. needing no introduction
  8. needing one's bumps feeling
  9. needing one's bumps felt
  10. needing one's eyes checked
  11. needing one's head examined

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