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half-baked

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half-baked
adjective
1 half-baked moral theories:
not thought through, not fully developed, undeveloped, unformed, harebrained;
poorly planned, unplanned, ill-conceived, ill-judged;
impractical, unrealistic, unworkable, injudicious, ridiculous;
informal crazy, crackpot, cock-eyed.
antonyms sensible, well reasoned.
2 her half-baked young nephew:
foolish, stupid, silly, idiotic, doltish, asinine, simpleminded, feebleminded, empty-headed, harebrained, featherbrained, feather-headed, brainless, senseless, witless, unintelligent, ignorant;
inexperienced, immature, callow, green, credulous;
informal crazy, dim, dopey, dumb, thick, damfool, halfwitted, dimwitted, birdbrained, lamebrained, dunderheaded, wet behind the ears;
British, informal gormless, daft, divvy, dozy, as thick as two short planks;
Scottish, & Northern English, informal glaikit;
North American, informal dumb-ass, chowderheaded;
South African, informal dof;
West Indian, informal dotish.
antonyms sensible.