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half-baked
[haf-beykt, hahf-]
adjective
insufficiently cooked.
not completed; insufficiently planned or prepared.
a half-baked proposal for tax reform.
lacking mature judgment or experience; unrealistic.
half-baked
adjective
insufficiently baked
informalfoolish; stupid
informalpoorly planned or conceived
Word History and Origins
Origin of half-baked1
Example Sentences
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the National Insurance plans were "half-baked" and risked damaging UK businesses' competitiveness, particularly in light of the global trade turmoil sparked by US President Donald Trump.
But campaigners have claimed the report was "half-baked" and the government was "blinkered" about the importance of pylons.
She added: "Instead of introducing unworkable and half-baked measures which would prevent the police monitoring serious antisemitism and other racist incidents, the Tories should support the Labour government's prioritisation of neighbourhood policing and serious violence."
Technology is eating itself alive, and the “art” that so much of the public chooses to consume is half-baked or, worse, generated by ChatGPT.
Habib Balian told a judge that Gascón simply didn’t “get” the case and had only carried out a half-baked analysis of the brothers’ past trials and their willingness to accept responsibility for the murders.
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