- a variation of harebrained.
hairbrained
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Then all of a sudden he was north of the Wall on some hairbrained scheme to kidnap a Wight.
From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2017
Finney, who will get $1 million for five months of shooting, need not worry about such a hairbrained notion for long.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chapter 1.XXXIII.—How some statesmen of Picrochole, by hairbrained counsel, put him in extreme danger.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
But I don't think so, nor any man of sense, nor anyone but a hairbrained, conceited knight-errant.'
From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Here you've got an invention that would revolutionize mechanics, and instead of utilizing it you rush off into space on a hairbrained adventure.
From A Columbus of Space by Serviss, Garrett Putman
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