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The spelling hair-brained is also frequently used, but some people consider it to be incorrect.
The meaning of HAREBRAINED is foolish. How to use harebrained in a sentence.
The spelling hair-brained is also frequently used, but some people consider it to be incorrect. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Stupid and silly
Hairbrained definition: a variant spelling of harebrained. See examples of HAIRBRAINED used in a sentence.
Something that's harebrained is reckless or foolish. Sometimes, harebrained ideas work out just fine — several people have survived trips over Niagara Falls in a barrel, for example. If you have what you think is a great idea, but someone else calls it a harebrained scheme, it means they think you'd be a fool to try it.
hairbrained in American English. (ˈhɛərˌbreind) adjective. harebrained. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
You use harebrained to describe a scheme or theory which you consider to be very foolish and which you think is unlikely to be successful or true. [disapproval] This isn't the first harebrained scheme he's had. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
