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
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State parks plan was ‘half-baked,’ DeSantis says.
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Emily L Mahoney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
Campaigns are aspirational, filled with half-baked proposals designed to send a message rather than establish a set of solid governing priorities.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Slow Horses’s success is not an Apple TV+ thing, either — Apple shows with longer runways like Ted Lasso and For All Mankind have had just as uneven and half-baked seasons as long-running series from other outlets.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Just an hour earlier, this would’ve sounded like half-baked Zen.
—Johannes Lichtman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Emily L Mahoney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
Campaigns are aspirational, filled with half-baked proposals designed to send a message rather than establish a set of solid governing priorities.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Slow Horses’s success is not an Apple TV+ thing, either — Apple shows with longer runways like Ted Lasso and For All Mankind have had just as uneven and half-baked seasons as long-running series from other outlets.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Just an hour earlier, this would’ve sounded like half-baked Zen.
—Johannes Lichtman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for half-baked
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-baked
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The Boke character, which would be Johnson, is the one who will make a mistake on purpose, or make a stupid joke.Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Stated simply, the policy errors made with regard to money were uniquely foolish.John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Premature predictions of renewal would be foolish and, as Howe continually stressed, Newcastle cannot allow one strong outing to be followed by another meek one.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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In a follow-up post, Spears shared a cute video of a young girl telling silly jokes.Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 4 Jan. 2025
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The silly yet snappy song propelled Mr. Vail, 27, to a new level of internet fame almost overnight.Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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The characterizations are absurd in both concept and performance.Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
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We’re told the feature will delve deeper into themes of identity, technology, and self-perception while retaining the darkly comedic and absurd tone that defined the short.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
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And the faith side of the name is two things- faith is part of our inner belief and our inner kind of faith in terms of making this mad, mad dream and idea a reality.Yolanda Evans, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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According to some, you’re not supposed to care about these victories because you’re just supposed to be mad all the time about the stuff that’s going wrong.Dominic Pino, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
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Tauruses will go crazy for something chic, functional, and soft to the touch.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2023
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Before getting into the chaos of episode 5, that episode 4 cliff hanger was crazy.Calie Schepp, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
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Too many young people are making idiotic short-term financial decisions that hamper long-term success.Chandler Dean, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
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Beyond the Lungs Two other cardiac cases impressed me — and blew away the idiotic notion that young people are immune to COVID-19.Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2020
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Your voice is insane.Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
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But obviously winning the grand jury prize was insane.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
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