crackbrained
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of crackbrained
First recorded in 1625–35; crackbrain + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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Ideas Sirs: Considering the number of crackbrained ideas sponsored by Franklin Roosevelt does he not deserve the name Franklin "Stoopnagle" Roosevelt?
From Time Magazine Archive
Shafer pictures Shapp as an "eccentric" whose proposals are either "crackbrained" or "crazy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite the crackbrained ideas, a former official of the National Security Council maintains that LaRouche has "one of the best private intelligence services in the world."
From Time Magazine Archive
To show business, the barter idea sounded as crackbrained as opening a theatre at the bottom of a well.
From Time Magazine Archive
His operations in this direction were mostly limited to sending crackbrained letters to the Civil Governor in Manila from his “camp in the sky,” but his perturbation of the rural districts had to be suppressed.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
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