hare-brained

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

““… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh.[…]If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes ; love⟳ of the people, and that sort⟳ of guff.””

“"They all yelped, I remember⟳, like⟳ a kennelful of puppies. It was their preposterous claim⟳ that I should read⟳ their hare-brained literature which caused me to display some little heat."”

“And so, putting her back on the shelf, I turned to the other great lady, The Duchess whom Lamb loved, hare-brained, fantastical Margaret of Newcastle, her elder, but her contemporary.”

“November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike⟳ wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Smalling’s first booking had come⟳ eight minutes earlier for standing in front of Joe Hart to block⟳ the goalkeeper’s kick⟳ and it is hard to think⟳ of too many occasions in the history of this fixture when one of the players has been so hare-brained – or “stupid”, to use⟳ Van Gaal’s description.”

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