feather-brained

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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

And he begins with that feather-brained frivolity which will learn nothing by example.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

Now go quickly, for rather would I die than live like the feather-brained blue jay.”

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

I move as if in a dream, and am feather-brained as a child, given over, hand-bound, in thrall to a miraculous power!

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

"Just the sort of feather-brained idea that would occur to a novelist," he said.

From The Crimson Blind by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)