crackbrained
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of crackbrained
First recorded in 1625–35; crackbrain + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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Shafer pictures Shapp as an "eccentric" whose proposals are either "crackbrained" or "crazy."
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Out of the quarrel was born the first Ironman Triathlon: 15 seemingly crackbrained humans on a 2.4-mile ocean swim followed by a 112-mile bike race followed by a 26.2-mile marathon run.
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
Ideas Sirs: Considering the number of crackbrained ideas sponsored by Franklin Roosevelt does he not deserve the name Franklin "Stoopnagle" Roosevelt?
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The woman, appointed for my keeper, was gained over by my enemies, to torment me as an heretic, an enthusiast, one crackbrained and an hypocrite.
From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte
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