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Synonyms for harebrained


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hair-breynd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌbreɪnd

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Définition of harebrained

  • adj stupid, unthinking
Example sentences :
  • "It's a harebrained scheme, Peter," he said gravely, shaking his handsome head.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • To hide himself in jungles, to be heard of only by his harebrained exploits!
  • Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath
  • His mouth twitched as he filled his harebrained visitor's glass.
  • Extract from : « Mushroom Town » by Oliver Onions
  • I fear that Colonel Burr has been plying you with his harebrained schemes.
  • Extract from : « A Volunteer with Pike » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • It would be for the benefit of my cousin--who is a good lad, but harebrained, and without ballast--for you to go with him.
  • Extract from : « The Lion of Saint Mark » by G. A. Henty
  • A couple of my harebrained kids have come up with an idea that makes sense and looks like it might salvage a lot of lost water.
  • Extract from : « The Thirst Quenchers » by Rick Raphael
  • His harebrained manner rendered him insupportable to me, and my coldness drew upon me his aversion.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete » by Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • The Christian cavaliers well knew the harebrained valor of Hernan, yet not one hesitated to step forward.
  • Extract from : « Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada » by Washington Irving
  • Did the whole nation, for example, really agree in so harebrained a scheme as the Bagdad Railway?
  • Extract from : « The German War » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "I don't know what sort of harebrained idea has gotten into their feeble minds," said Placer.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay

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