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rattlebrained

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You mean people goofing off at work are rattlebrained?

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Foolish

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adjective

Foolish

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rattlebrained.

Example sentences

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You mean people goofing off at work are rattlebrained?

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Now you have to go ask someone how to do X, and you know the boss's justification is ridiculous but you also know that you can't list "because the boss has issued a rattlebrained mandate" as the reason in a written communication with your name attached to it, so you have to submit the hogwash as the reason or make up your own.

Quote examples

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Now you have to go ask someone how to do X, and you know the boss's justification is ridiculous but you also know that you can't list "because the boss has issued a rattlebrained mandate" as the reason in a written communication with your name attached to it, so you have to submit the hogwash as the reason or make up your own.

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How do you use rattlebrained in a sentence?

You mean people goofing off at work are rattlebrained?

What does rattlebrained mean?

Foolish

What part of speech is rattlebrained?

rattlebrained is commonly used as adjective.