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
Artists who speak out against this use also typically wind up spawning a gleeful response from the admin, usually filled with lots of half-baked wordplay.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 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
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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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-baked
Adjective
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Doxxing is just a form of stupid bullying, not free speech.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Healey must think ratepayers – who are burdened with some of the highest energy costs in the country – are pretty stupid and simple minded.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Until recently, history has largely recognized this foolish law as a New Deal mistake.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Little purple blossoms appearing on my lawn mean my jacaranda tree will soon be in bloom, leaving its sticky remnants all over the sidewalk, lawn and anyone foolish enough to park underneath it.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The manic, madcap, chaotic and silly stunt show was heavy on exposition to the delight of the fans who cheered the entrance of every One Piece character and laughed at the downfall of paper-thin goon.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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And so a very silly conversation leads to a series of positions that are far from frivolous.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As usual, human progress gets the sublimely absurd Herzogian treatment, with modern and primordial sights and sounds becoming whole.—
Eric Kohn,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the idea of using one for multiple hours every day, or of trying to socialize in real life while the people around me try to meet my digital avatar’s dead eyes, is absurd.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Categorizing the plunge pool as TIO for something like a charity scramble or regular public play would be one thing, but to do so in a major championship with a purse of $9 million seems fundamentally wrong and also insane.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The reception to your performance in the Rusical was insane.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With the greatest opening day crowd in the history of Atlanta and the Southern league cheering in a mad, thunderous crescendo, the Atlanta Crackers reached something approaching an apogee of playing perfection yesterday to turn back the Knoxville Smokies, 9 to 0.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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The president of the United States is stark-raving mad.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Time to rethink this ceremonial crazy building.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Then came the part that somehow sounds even crazier.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Even those on the right who find Groypers idiotic actually echo many of their political positions.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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That idiotic comment should exclude him from being granted a place to air his views.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Half-baked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-baked. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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