The phrase "a half-baked idea" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an idea that is poorly thought out or not fully developed.
Example: "The proposal for the new marketing strategy was dismissed as just a half-baked idea that lacked proper research and planning."
Alternatives: "a flawed concept" or "an unrefined notion".
So when a project raises over a million dollars for a half-baked idea, can you really blame them for being unable to follow through?
Isn't that, um, a half-baked idea?
You bet: as it stands, it's a half-baked idea.
The neutrino, which began in 1930 as a half-baked idea, has simply matured.
Sir Alan, like the prime minister, shared an instinctive distrust of such currency systems; he famously called this a "half-baked" idea.
There's a half-baked idea to transform some of Vanderbilt Avenue into a pedestrian street and a plan for public space being drawn up with consultants.
At first glance, Tokoni seems like a pretty half-baked idea.
Jack used a say, 'Ennis del Mar,' he used a say, 'I'm goin a bring him up here one a these days and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape.' He had some half-baked idea the two a you was goin a move up here, build a log cabin, and help me run this ranch and bring it up.
– and ended up buying a spaghetti-strap black lace bra-top thing, with some half-baked idea about how I was going to wear it over a shirt at fashion week in a sort of entry-level-Vetements way.
Who thinks that once the US leaks some documents back on Putin that he'll suddenly be like 'oh, you got me, I guess we'll stop!' The more likely scenario is that this half-baked idea will escalate the cyber tensions rather than act as a deterrent.
But who among us doggedly seeks it out — hunts down the half-baked idea, the simplistic shortcut, the embarrassing misstep — and mines it for its teaching value?
