feather-brained
Example Sentences
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In practice I hope that Master George and Mr Mervyn are talking tough to impress feather-brained markets so that they can win time to act less brutally.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010
Lord Ewyo, please to precede us with your servants and that feather-brained priest.
From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.
I do not think anyone,—even the most feather-brained, could be garrulous in the desert.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
You saw what a pitiful kind of fool she was, irresponsible and helpless and feather-brained.
From The Conquest of Canaan by Tarkington, Booth
"Still, you see you can't, and when you go out mining with feather-brained companions must take the consequences."
From Alton of Somasco by Bindloss, Harold