half-baked

Example Sentences

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Meta’s Quest headsets were still clunky, and the software looked half-baked.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

And judging by its half-baked proposals, BP has either forgotten the lessons of what it termed a “catastrophe” or decided that catastrophe is an acceptable risk.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

We usually die half-baked, so he finishes the cooking, turning up the heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Can Rachel McAdams sue the attorney general for this half-baked theft of her iconic movie villain?

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

It was a bad habit, Mitchell Sanders said, because all that matters is the raw material, the stuff itself, and you can’t clutter it up with your own half-baked commentary.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien