as in stupid
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
he's always got some half-baked "solution" to a difficult, complex problem
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Recent Examples of half-baked
In this promising but ultimately half-baked gory bit of business, a killer (Dacre Montgomery) restages scenes of torture and murder inspired by that film for his serial killing.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
Some of the app's settings and tools are half-baked, and their Bluetooth LE Audio support isn’t perfect.
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Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
Even if the products such as the agent mode in Perplexity and Atlas feel half-baked, the hope is that getting into the market early will collect more data than their competitors.
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Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
13 Nov. 2025
Many were half-baked at best and designed for clicks, comments and likes — the insistent demand of the internet age.
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Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for half-baked
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
Some of the app's settings and tools are half-baked, and their Bluetooth LE Audio support isn’t perfect.
—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
Even if the products such as the agent mode in Perplexity and Atlas feel half-baked, the hope is that getting into the market early will collect more data than their competitors.
—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
13 Nov. 2025
Many were half-baked at best and designed for clicks, comments and likes — the insistent demand of the internet age.
—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for half-baked
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-baked
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And no, that was NOT OutKick or FOX who wrote that stupid headline.
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The thing about House of the Dragon is that everything really is quite stupid.
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Further, Plato’s disdain for Gorgias, Antisthenes’ first teacher, and sophistry in general is clear; in the Platonic dialogue Gorgias, the titular character is made out to be rather foolish.
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One is villianized and one is made to look foolish.
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Every player with a pulse had six suitors throwing silly money around.
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Some scenes in the movie are light and silly, including those pairing Maddie with a lesbian friend, played by Kate Berlant, who clearly loves her.
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The 41-year-old is still an elite NBA player, which is still an absurd reality to consider.
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The thesis rests on a claim that would have sounded absurd a year ago.
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For example, Fred Again is absolutely doing insane things with the MPC Lives.
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That dwarfs anything the powerhouse Spain teams did in the early 2010s, when the team was known for stringing together an insane number of passes that led to a goal.
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Getting mad about missing out on signing Anfernee Simons won’t change that.
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When World Cup season descends upon soccer-mad Brazil, green and yellow banners decorate restaurants, bars and apartment buildings, streets are painted with flags and soccer balls, and discussions of the beloved national team's games are ubiquitous.
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David and Erica Harrig, Gretna, Nebraska The Harrigs went a little crazy after winning a $61 million Powerball jackpot in 2013.
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Even the vegetable averse will go crazy for these green beans made with bacon, crispy Parm, and plenty of garlic.
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That’s been an idiotic trope for too long — that participating in the business side of it taints you.
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Red-Bodied Dog Tick Has your idiotic dog wandered onto a bucolic patch of grass that hasn’t been freshly treated with toxins?
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“Half-baked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-baked. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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