hare-brained
/ˈhɛːbreɪnd
/adjective
Rash; ill-judged: a hare-brained scheme...
- 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.
- There's something mad-scientist / hare-brained baroque about it.
- It's time these starry-eyed amateurs stopped their hare-brained meddling.
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
- private viewing
- private war
- private ward
- private wire
- private world
- privation
- privatisation
- privatise
- privatism
- privatistic
- privative
- privatively
- privatization
- privatize
- privatizer
- privet
- privet hawk
- privet hawk caterpillar
- privet hawkmoth
- privilege
- privilege cab
- privileged
- privileged altar
- privileged book
- privileged cab