half-baked
Example Sentences
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The first efforts went into half-baked compliance cars, built in small numbers to satisfy California’s advanced-vehicle technology mandate—a conspiracy of lameness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Meta’s Quest headsets were still clunky, and the software looked half-baked.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
On Monday, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent economic think-tank, said that the chancellor should avoid "directionless tinkering and half-baked fixes" when trying to boost the government's tax take in the Budget.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025
The weirdest thing about Oldham’s terrible opinions is that their half-baked inanity does not seem to reflect his true intellect.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025
Remember when you were a little kid and kept asking why and your parents gave you some half-baked answers?
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
