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Meanings of harebrained in English

Very foolish.

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Usage of harebrained in English
1
I'm known for being impulsive and obstinate, and indulging in harebrained schemes.
Wife for hire
2
Pardon my harebrained assumption that you may rely on them for shelter.
Dirty Rowdy Thing
3
Sometimes she hated it when Sabrina came up with these harebrained schemes.
Sisters
4
Many were harebrained or deceitful, but a few held real promise.
Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ...
5
I think you were probably operating under some kind of harebrained lone-hero rationale.
Cold Days
6
Scientists have proposed a range of techniques-somecommonsense, some harebrained, some downright scary.
Wired
7
He evidently regards it as your special mission to get into harebrained scrapes.
The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus
8
Madam, - The proposal to sell Great Southern Hotels to Fáilte Ireland is harebrained.
The Irish Times
9
This is not a harebrained scheme we came up with in an idle moment.
Cauldron of Ghosts
10
They'd come up with some harebrained scheme to have a baby together-byartificial insemination.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
11
Maybe Oliver Stone wasn't as harebrained as I'd always thought.
Secret Sanction
12
Now this was precisely the sort of harebrained exploit which delights a Cuban audience.
Rainbow's End
13
All of them prominently featured Mike's harmlessly harebrained belief that the Earth was flat.
Wired
14
Through a mixture of Cunningham's harebrained storytelling and Price's reckless courage, goodness finally prevails.
The Guardian
15
Don't you go dragging other folks into your harebrained schemes.
Boneshaker
16
At this point, it hardly seems harebrained to predict a Trump election defeat in 2020.
The Guardian
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