harebrained
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harebrained
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From hare + brained.
adjective more harebrained · most harebrained · harebrain · hare-brained · hairbrained
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Absurd, foolish or stupid.
“Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did.
Similar: addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded
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Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.
Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle
Similar: absent-minded, half-brained, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded
Talk about this word "harebrained." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/harebrained. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. harebrained. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/harebrained "harebrained." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/harebrained.Cite this
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