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单词 hare-brained
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Definition of hare-brained in English:

hare-brained

adjectiveˈhɛːbreɪnd
  • Rash; ill-judged.

    a hare-brained scheme
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But thanks to modern mobile technology, what was once only a hare-brained idea has now become a startling reality.
    • That's when panic struck me; I didn't actually expect her to support my hare-brained idea!
    • Other hare-brained schemes were hatched, half-implemented and then went nowhere.
    • The decision as to whether this hare-brained scheme goes ahead is currently with the First Minister but the council is behaving as if it is a foregone conclusion.
    • They come up with hare-brained schemes that cause so many problems they take more time to fix than to create.
    • There's something mad-scientist / hare-brained baroque about it.
    • The numerous hare-brained schemes, such as ‘Capital of Culture’ status, costing millions of ratepayers' hard-earned cash, should be abandoned.
    • It's time these starry-eyed amateurs stopped their hare-brained meddling.
    • These hare-brained beliefs are hardly found only in the minds of the British upper-class.
    • We wish to register our protest at the ludicrous, hare-brained and outrageous scheme being put forward as improvements, supposedly to increase the flow of traffic through this area.
    Synonyms
    ill-judged, rash, foolish, foolhardy, reckless, madcap, wild, silly, stupid, ridiculous, preposterous, absurd, idiotic, asinine, imprudent, impracticable, unworkable, unrealistic, unconsidered, half-baked, ill-thought-out, ill-advised, ill-conceived
    informal daft, crackpot, crackbrained, cock-eyed, crazy, barmy
    foolish, silly, idiotic, unintelligent, empty-headed, scatterbrained, feather-brained, birdbrained, pea-brained, brainless, giddy
    informal dippy, dizzy, dopey, dotty, airheaded
    British informal dappy
 
 
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