harebrained

adj — 2 senses

harebrained

adj

Etymology From hare + brained.

1

Absurd, foolish or stupid.

Of an idea or plan etc

  • “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.2008, Sarah McCarty, Promises Reveal, Penguin, →ISBN:
2

Of a person 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 excelle1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, The Author's Preface:

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