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
Such potent clarity courses beneath the action of Palestine 36, sometimes rising to the surface in straightforward dialogue as characters grapple with half-baked rationalizations and arbitrary policies.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
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
If that hasn’t been done, the AI will likely try to generate code, but the results will probably be half-baked and extremely sketchy.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 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
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
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
If that hasn’t been done, the AI will likely try to generate code, but the results will probably be half-baked and extremely sketchy.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 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
Adjective
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But maybe Johnson isn’t stupid.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Even in contemporary political and intellectual discourse, there remains an attachment to a particular stupid southern conservatism, the ideocratic confederacy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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When federal policy creates an opportunity to bring additional resources into a state’s education ecosystem, leaders would be foolish to ignore it.—
Susana A. Mendoza,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The fear of looking foolish lasts a moment.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Maybe the Pac-12 and Mountain West will look silly for not buying in, then watch as the NFC West bids against the Premier League and Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Hornets.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Since then, the fizzy dance challenge has exploded on TikTok, with tons of fans re-creating the clip’s silly dance moves in their kitchens, parking garages, living rooms, Times Square and hospital corridors.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Over the past week, a slew of cinematic videos of celebrities and characters in absurd situations have gone viral online, with one commonality –– they were created using a new artificial intelligence tool from Chinese developer ByteDance, sparking anxiety over the fast-evolving capabilities of AI.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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What was turbulent and confused in me came out as absurd and ornate in him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Your day-to-day life would be insane!—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2026
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Defense lawyers had argued during the trial that Taylor was legally insane at the time of the offense.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Get mad enough to change your mind.—
Dan Hyman,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2026
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This study not only clarified the date of the burial, which drove archaeologists practically mad, as no one could determine why the dates kept coming back so broadly, but also settled the matter once and for all.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This is the crazy season for college hoops.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Now, Josie dances this crazy explosion in front of her.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Anything else would be idiotic.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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To do a lot less foolish, thoughtless, stupid, idiotic things.—
Gwen Faulkenberry,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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