harebrained
Example Sentences
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Santos clearly has an appetite for harebrained petty scams, which is exactly what has done him in on the national level.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023
The worst that could happen is people like Musk have less money to invest in harebrained schemes like "ChatGPT, but more racist."
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2023
I don’t take that lightly, because I’ve worked with other producers — good producers — but they were less enthusiastic about embracing harebrained ideas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023
As if amid some harebrained sitcom, the following two guys wound up rooming together as basketball teammates: a 17-year-old about to turn 18 and a 26-year-old about to turn 27.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023
A torrent of words spilled out, explaining the whole harebrained scheme.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Vocabulary lists containing harebrained
Mississippi Trial, 1955
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Red Flags and Butterflies
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Henry IV, Part 1
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