harebrained
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8.5
- adjective
- /ˈhɛrˌbreɪnd/
- Informal
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descabellado
- We are blessed with two fantastic families behind us, who support us no matter how harebrained our latest scheme seems.
- harebrained scheme
But I mean, the most harebrained kind of craziness you can imagine.
- But I mean, the most harebrained kind of craziness you can imagine.
- We can't even imagine, you know, we have harebrained schemes for staying within the Einsteinian speed limit.
- But what's what's a more harebrained thought that might have occurred to you where you think things might go that that well, this is again, this is maybe a hope.
Examples
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I'm not going along with this harebrained scheme, and that's final.
Fiction book (1992) -
So just think about that before getting involved in this harebrained scheme.
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Over a year and a half ago we had the harebrained idea.
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Of all the stupid, harebrained things to do.
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No, and it's not some harebrained scheme that I cooked up with my friends.
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One of his more harebrained schemes was to buy up a fleet of old World War One ships.
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Susan, I will not be involved in any more of your harebrained schemes.
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Are conservatives doomed to be the laughingstock of the nation with their harebrained ideas?
Blog text (17) -
Peter Molyneux's harebrained pitches are dreamy-eyed fantasies that will never come to pass.
Blog text (24) -
My parents have this harebrained idea about inviting an exchange student to come live with us.
Synonyms
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1.3
Not showing good sense and making unwise choices
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3.3
Very foolish and not sensible
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4.1
Very foolish and risky because of bad judgment
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4.2
Risky or not likely to work
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7.4
Taking dangerous risks without thinking about what will happen
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8.9
A foolish idea or plan that will not work
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8.5
Badly planned and made in a foolish way
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9.9
Very foolish and not sensible or responsible
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8.4
Very silly and not showing good sense
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8.0
Having very extreme ideas or plans that are unlikely to work
Acting very silly and not thinking clearly
Not serious and likely to make bad choices
Too silly and not careful about important things
Not able to think clearly and often doing silly things
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Harebrained comes from putting hare and brained together, suggesting the 'small' or 'quick' brain of a hare. So a harebrained idea is one that is very foolish or reckless because it was not thought through.