harebrained

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(hâr'brānd') pronunciation
adj.
Foolish; flighty: a harebrained scheme.

USAGE NOTE   The first use of harebrained dates to 1548. The spelling hairbrained also has a long history, going back to the 1500s when hair was a variant spelling of hare. The hair variant was preserved in Scotland into the 18th century, and as a result it is impossible to tell exactly when people began writing hairbrained in the belief that the word means "having a hair-sized brain" rather than "with no more sense than a hare." While hairbrained continues to be used and confused, it should be avoided in favor of harebrained which has been established as the correct spelling.


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adj

Definition: stupid, unthinking
Antonyms: brainy, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, smart, thoughtful

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Harebrained

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ubesindig, tankeløs, forfløjen

Nederlands (Dutch)
met weinig verstand, dom, onzinnig

Français (French)
adj. - farfelu, écervelé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unüberlegt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κοκορόμυαλος

Italiano (Italian)
sventato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - descuidado

Русский (Russian)
опрометчивый, глупый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - casquivano

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tanklös, snurrig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
轻率的, 粗心的, 欠考虑的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 輕率的, 粗心的, 欠考慮的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 변덕스러운, 들뜬, 엉뚱한, 경망한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 軽率な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طائش, ارعن, خفيف العقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮טיפשי, פזיז, פראי‬


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Chief Zabu (1989 Film)
The Cool Ones (1967 Musical Film)