Used in a Sentence

hare-brained

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hare-brained.

Editorial note

Replacing it with English loanwords seems doubly hare-brained since there's no context for association to learn them with!

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Quick take

Alternative form of harebrained. [(of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.]

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Alternative form of harebrained. [(of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hare-brained.

adjective

Alternative form of harebrained. [(of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.]

Example sentences

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Replacing it with English loanwords seems doubly hare-brained since there's no context for association to learn them with!

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But no sane, realistic OS can prevent against every hare-brained thing a driver developer is going to do.

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That's for people who cite single studies as justification for their latest hare-brained scheme to do.

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Seems a little hare-brained to me, but they took it pretty seriously back then.

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I'd rather have to tweak my sites when the W3C decides to phase-in a new convention than be forced to do so with every hare-brained browser upgrade that some company does.

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Look at all the posts we see everyday on HN and proggit about programming languages and frameworks and whatever the latest hare-brained language idea that the functional programming circle jerk fest has come up with.

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I get obsessive about things, rather than focus, and if my obsession falls on the wrong thing, I find myself having wasted 6 hours on writing up or investigating some hare-brained business scheme, rather than my work.

Quote examples

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In fact, ipv6 was enabled in early versions of Firefox and OS X, and then in later updates it was disabled because too many people unknowingly had broken ipv6 setups because of hare-brained "transition aids".

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use hare-brained in a sentence?

Replacing it with English loanwords seems doubly hare-brained since there's no context for association to learn them with!

What does hare-brained mean?

Alternative form of harebrained. [(of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.]

What part of speech is hare-brained?

hare-brained is commonly used as adjective.