harebrained
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“It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” Nagy said, referring to the methods used this year.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
“That’s the stupidest, dumbest, most harebrained scheme I’ve heard in my life,” a farmer complained to a government official in one scene, a sentiment studio executives echoed as they rejected Carter’s project as too far-fetched.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
Someone else compared the mere act of boarding a commercial flight to the harebrained, death-defying stunts featured on “Jackass.”
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
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
“If it wasn't for your stupid, harebrained ‘project’ this woman would have been retired long ago,” Mr. Levy said to his wife.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing harebrained
Mississippi Trial, 1955
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Henry IV, Part 1
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