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
Recent Examples on the Web
Each space was personalized with different features, no aspect left unconsidered or half-baked.
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Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
Writing half-baked verses about the divine powers of truth, beauty, gravity, and magnetism had become as fashionable as playing the clavichord.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Peltz claims that recent initiatives — the $1.5-billion partnership with Epic Games; the still unnamed sports streaming joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Corp. — are half-baked.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Offer a sympathetic ear, not unsolicited advice: Being a listener is more important than being a counselor or half-baked therapist.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
To have two or three people from the movie come into this world looks a little half-baked.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Since this half-baked decision yesterday, our delegates are very confused and upset.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
Modern marketers must balance the promise of effortless personalization with the reality of the risks associated with half-baked customization efforts.
—Angie Jenkins, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The culprit is a half-baked screenplay that plays it too loose and falls short of being consistently funny.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
Writing half-baked verses about the divine powers of truth, beauty, gravity, and magnetism had become as fashionable as playing the clavichord.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Peltz claims that recent initiatives — the $1.5-billion partnership with Epic Games; the still unnamed sports streaming joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Corp. — are half-baked.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Offer a sympathetic ear, not unsolicited advice: Being a listener is more important than being a counselor or half-baked therapist.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
To have two or three people from the movie come into this world looks a little half-baked.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Since this half-baked decision yesterday, our delegates are very confused and upset.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
Modern marketers must balance the promise of effortless personalization with the reality of the risks associated with half-baked customization efforts.
—Angie Jenkins, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The culprit is a half-baked screenplay that plays it too loose and falls short of being consistently funny.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
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