half-baked
adjective
ˈhaf-ˈbākt 
ˈhäf-
1
a
: poorly developed or carried out
a half-baked idea
half-baked research
b
: lacking adequate planning or forethought
a half-baked scheme for getting rich
c
: lacking in judgment, intelligence, or common sense
2
: imperfectly baked : underdone
Synonyms
- absurd
- asinine
- balmy
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- cockeyed
- crackpot
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- dippy
- dotty
- fatuous
- featherheaded
- fool
- foolish
- half-witted
- harebrained
- inept
- insane
- jerky
- kooky
- kookie
- loony
- looney
- lunatic
- lunkheaded
- mad
- nonsensical
- nutty
- preposterous
- sappy
- screwball
- senseless
- silly
- simpleminded
- stupid
- tomfool
- unwise
- wacky
- whacky
- weak-minded
- witless
- zany
Examples of half-baked in a Sentence
he's always got some half-baked "solution" to a difficult, complex problem
Recent Examples on the Web
All while half-baked visions promise salvation that may never come.
—
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
And if your first instinct is to make half-baked plans with the person just to avoid the awkward silence or to be polite, remember that there are other ways to maintain friendships besides actually hanging out.
—Cory Stieg, refinery29.com, 21 June 2024
Meta, meanwhile, has been repeatedly cited for its privacy issues and half-baked solutions to those problems.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 25 June 2024
Sure, Magna got Ocean production going in late 2022, but those early cars were especially half-baked, missing things as simple as cruise control.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 20 June 2024
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
And if your first instinct is to make half-baked plans with the person just to avoid the awkward silence or to be polite, remember that there are other ways to maintain friendships besides actually hanging out.
—Cory Stieg, refinery29.com, 21 June 2024
Meta, meanwhile, has been repeatedly cited for its privacy issues and half-baked solutions to those problems.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 25 June 2024
Sure, Magna got Ocean production going in late 2022, but those early cars were especially half-baked, missing things as simple as cruise control.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 20 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for half-baked
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“Half-baked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half-baked. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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