"harebrained" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more harebrained [comparative], most harebrained [superlative]
Etymology: hare + brained Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hare|brained}} hare + brained Head templates: {{en-adj}} harebrained (comparative more harebrained, superlative most harebrained)
  1. (of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-harebrained-en-adj-fI1Y~zNX Disambiguation of Personality: 51 49
  2. (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (featherbrained or scatterbrained): вятърничав (vjatǎrničav) (Bulgarian), лекомислен (lekomislen) (Bulgarian), pilećeg mozga [idiomatic] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-harebrained-en-adj-sjY~7jdl Disambiguation of Personality: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'featherbrained or scatterbrained': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: harebrain, hare-brained

Alternative forms

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