"hare-brained" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hare-brained [comparative], most hare-brained [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=hare-brained}} hare-brained (comparative more hare-brained, superlative most hare-brained)
  1. Alternative form of harebrained Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: harebrained
    Sense id: en-hare-brained-en-adj-ZpzZOI~h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 62",
          "text": "And so, putting her back on the shelf, I turned to the other great lady, The Duchess whom Lamb loved, hare-brained, fantastical Margaret of Newcastle, her elder, but her contemporary."
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          "text": "November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, \"Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United,\" guardian.co.uk\nSmalling’s first booking had come eight minutes earlier for standing in front of Joe Hart to block the goalkeeper’s kick and it is hard to think of too many occasions in the history of this fixture when one of the players has been so hare-brained – or “stupid”, to use Van Gaal’s description."
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