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What is another word for half-baked?

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Adjective

Not fully thought through, or lacking a sound basis

Foolish or lacking in sense

Lacking logic, guided by instinct or intuition

Not careful or thorough

Not finished or complete

In an embryonic or immature state

Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy

Lacking the necessary skill or ability

Lacking intellectual depth or substance

Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur

Idealistic or romantic in one's perception of something, at times overly so

Impulsive or hasty in nature

Low in standard or quality due to lacking in a required or necessary quality

Past tense for to parboil, prebake, or precook food, leaving it insufficiently cooked for consumption

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Adjective

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Not fully thought through, or lacking a sound basis

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“We will not support the pathetic, half-baked attempt that the Government so proudly proclaims as its solution.”

Adjective

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Foolish or lacking in sense

as thick as two short planks

dead from the neck up

not the full shilling

flakey^US

flaky^UK

stupidly irresponsible

thick as two short planks

not the sharpest tool in the box

thick-skulled

not the sharpest tool in the shed

not the sharpest knife in the drawer

devoid of intelligence

dumb as a box of rocks

dumb as a bag of hammers

beyond the bounds of possibility

away with the fairies

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

out of one's head

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“The movie merely plumbs the shallow depths of half-baked notions about celebrity and art and depression.”

Adjective

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Lacking logic, guided by instinct or intuition

Adjective

Not careful or thorough

going through the motions

wooly^US

woolly^UK

on the back of an envelope

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Adjective

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Not finished or complete

in a state of uncertainty

in a state of suspension

still open to question

left hanging

still open to doubt

not started

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Adjective

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In an embryonic or immature state

Adjective

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Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy

phoney^UK

phony^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

meager^US

meagre^UK

flakey^US

flaky^UK

beyond the bounds of possibility

not in the least likely

not able to hold water

extremely implausible

extremely difficult to believe

undreamed of

beyond one's wildest dreams

beyond the realm of reason

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

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Adjective

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Lacking the necessary skill or ability

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

leaving much to be desired

unable to do something

unable to do something for toffee

not know one's arse from one's elbow

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Adjective

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Lacking intellectual depth or substance

Adjective

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Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur

labouring^UK

laboring^US

all fingers and thumbs

like a bull in a china shop

leaving much to be desired

having two left hands

flakey^US

flaky^UK

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

not know one's arse from one's elbow

unable to do something

labored^US

laboured^UK

unable to do something for toffee

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Adjective

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Idealistic or romantic in one's perception of something, at times overly so

idealized^US

out of touch with reality

idealised^UK

with your head in the clouds

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Adjective

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Impulsive or hasty in nature

jumping to conclusions

careless of one's duty

straightforward

unreflecting

wary

leaving self wide open

like a bull in a china shop

leading with one's chin

pay no mind

sticking one's neck out

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Adjective

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Low in standard or quality due to lacking in a required or necessary quality

leaving much to be desired

not good enough

not much cop

not acceptable

not up to expectations

meager^US

meagre^UK

off-colour^UK

strictly for the birds

off-color^US

leaving a lot to be desired

not all it's cracked up to be

disillusioning

desperate

slovenly

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Verb

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Past tense for to parboil, prebake, or precook food, leaving it insufficiently cooked for consumption

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