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
Elsewhere, a few narrative byways, presumably intended to make the world of the film feel bigger than just this story, end up being distractingly half-baked.
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Love Is Blind’s struggle to incorporate this dimension of contemporary partnership ultimately mimics exactly what the series tries to avoid: a one-sided, half-baked argument that lacks the depth necessary to understand who these people are and what’s actually going on.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Toss in a half-baked plot involving an apocalypse-surviving cult of telepathic humans, and this sophomore effort is best left buried in a '70s time capsule.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
There's no speaker, no Google Assistant, and the fitness features feel half-baked.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2025
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Love Is Blind’s struggle to incorporate this dimension of contemporary partnership ultimately mimics exactly what the series tries to avoid: a one-sided, half-baked argument that lacks the depth necessary to understand who these people are and what’s actually going on.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Toss in a half-baked plot involving an apocalypse-surviving cult of telepathic humans, and this sophomore effort is best left buried in a '70s time capsule.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
There's no speaker, no Google Assistant, and the fitness features feel half-baked.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-baked
Adjective
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When Luca pulls a gun on him, ordering him to drive, Spencer quickly disarms him and then slaps him for the stupid move.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
9 Mar. 2025
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Indexing gives you a better chance to ‘be less stupid.’ — Investment advisor Barry Ritholtz Those dismal statistics come to us via the latest annual SPIVA scorecard (the acronym stands for Standard and Poor’s Index vs. Active).—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Peter, though revered as an apostle worthy of veneration, is also portrayed in the Gospels as prone to mistakes, often foolish, and sometimes outright contradictory to God’s will.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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The notion that women should be flawless multitaskers, managing a perfect home and career while never showing vulnerability or weakness is not only unrealistic, but also foolish.—
Nicole Lipkin,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This will especially appeal to the silly preschoolers in the group!—
Amanda Rock,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2025
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Using medieval art as one resource, Ariès pointed out that children were often portrayed as miniature adults, without special attributes, such as plump features or silly behaviors, that might mark them as fundamentally different from their older counterparts.—
Anna Mae Duane,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Undermining tax collections and the IRS goes hand in glove with Trump’s absurd belief that the U.S. federal government can or should try to fund itself primarily via tariffs.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, prescribing some specific artisanal orange marmalade seems absurd.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In one particularly horrifying incident, one family of herders lost over 40 of their stock, a fact that would contribute to the death of one child, which then caused the father to go mad and be sent to prison.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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Staff Pick: The mad scramble for backyard eggs Naeema Fineley's backyard chicken coop in Georgia.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Your voice is insane.—
Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com,
al,
4 Apr. 2023
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The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.—
Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
31 Mar. 2023
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