- 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
Puck in the guise of a hairbrained mule!
From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre
You have even called me hairbrained, and perhaps you were right; but you know that I can be very serious when I wish.
From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Maupassant, Guy de
This holiday excursion of a hairbrained youth was as transient as a border-foray on a large scale.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
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