tone poem, set the tone, baked, half-baked, half-assed.

Despite this, Katharina is often considered one of the most important participants in the Reformation because of her role in helping to define Protestant family life and setting the tone for clergy marriages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_von_Bora

"Baked pundits serving up half-baked anecdotes". Journalist Maureen Dowd's amusing schoolboy error with edible pot sheds no light on Colorado's bold experiment with marijuana legislation.http://econ.st/1oCXbBw

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half-assed friend.

set the tone

: to establish a quality, feeling, or attitude by a manner of speaking or writing Her lighthearted question set the tone for the rest of the interview.

Set The Tone | Definition of Set The Tone by Merriam-Webster

Definition of half-assed. informal + impolite. : poorly done or planned. : stupid or foolish. 

A half-assed idea or plan is stupid or has not been considered carefully enough:

baked

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ADJECTIVE

• 1(Of food) cooked by dry heat in an oven:baked apples

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• 2North American • informal Intoxicated by drink or drugs, especially cannabis:I just want to get baked and watch a movie

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half-baked

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ADJECTIVE

• 1Not fully thought through; lacking a sound basis:a half-baked conspiracy theory

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• 1.1Foolish:a half-baked hippie chick

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tone poem

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• A piece of orchestral music, typically in one movement, on a descriptive or rhapsodic theme.