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The meaning of HAREBRAINED is foolish. How to use harebrained in a sentence.
Harebrained means silly or not practical, and is often used to describe plans or people. Learn how to spell, pronounce and use this informal adjective, and see synonyms and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Hairbrained definition: a variant spelling of harebrained. See examples of HAIRBRAINED used in a sentence.
'Hairbrained' is a variant spelling of 'harebrained', meaning foolish or absurd. Learn the word origin, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage examples from Collins Dictionary.
Harebrained means rash, foolish, or badly thought out. It is also spelled as hairbrained. Learn the word origin, usage, and related terms from Collins Dictionary.
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.
From Time. It’s how we got from a guy carping about supposed voter fraud in an election he won, in 2016, to a guy spurring a harebrained effort to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost. From Washington Post.
