harebrained

American  

[hair-breynd] / ˈhɛərˌbreɪnd /

Or hairbrained

adjective

1. giddy; reckless.

   Synonyms:

   dimwitted, half-baked, scatterbrained, rattlebrained

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harebrained British  

/ ˈhɛəˌbreɪnd /

adjective

1. rash, foolish, or badly thought out

   harebrained schemes

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Other Word Forms

• harebrainedly adverb
• harebrainedness noun

Etymology

Origin of harebrained

First recorded in 1545–55; hare + brained

Example Sentences

“I will not be setting a single toe in any one of those harebrained death traps,” Zara says.

From Literature

It was harebrained to think I would marry anytime soon, even if I did hit it off with somebody.

From Literature

I stared at that hand for a half second before acting on instinct and harebrained desperation.

From Literature

“It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” Nagy said, referring to the methods used this year.

From Salon

“That’s the stupidest, dumbest, most harebrained scheme I’ve heard in my life,” a farmer complained to a government official in one scene, a sentiment studio executives echoed as they rejected Carter’s project as too far-fetched.

From Los Angeles Times