harebrained
Collocations
5ADJ.
involved
VERB + HAREBRAINED
talking, wasn't
HAREBRAINED + NOUN
ideas, scheme
PREP.
about, with
ADV.
completely
Definitions
adj
Absurd, foolish or stupid.
“Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did.
Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.
Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle
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5“Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?
WiktionaryHer getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle
WiktionaryI knew I should never have gotten involved with your harebrained scheme.
Tatoeba · #4215218Is this another one of your harebrained ideas?
Tatoeba · #9752553We realised that our austerity policies were completely harebrained.
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