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English
Etymology
From hare + brained.
Adjective
harebrained (comparative more harebrained, superlative most harebrained)
- (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.
- (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