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half-baked

[haf-beykt, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈbeɪkt, ˈhɑf- /


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That skepticism appeared warranted: Its latest turnaround plan seemed half-baked to Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Or they resort to fanciful or half-baked plans if they get sick.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

But then there’s not much about this war that wasn’t ill-conceived and half-baked.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The negative column filled up fastest with words like stupid, disgraceful, foolish, laughable, wasteful, outraged, idiotic, scandalous, uninformed, half-baked, shamefully.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements




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