harebrained

See also: hare-brained

English

Alternative forms

• harebrain
• hare-brained

Etymology

From hare +‎ brained.

Adjective

harebrained (comparative more harebrained, superlative most harebrained)

1. (of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

   • 2008, Sarah McCarty, Promises Reveal, Penguin, →ISBN:

     “Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did.

2. (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.

   Synonyms: absent-minded, half-brained; see also Thesaurus:stupid

   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, The Author's Preface:

     Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle

Translations

featherbrained or scatterbrained

• Bulgarian: вятърничав (bg) (vjatǎrničav), лекомислен (bg) (lekomislen)
• Serbo-Croatian: pilećeg mozga (idiom)