Harebrained
(adjective)
- Being foolish, impulsive or impractical in one's thinking or ideas.
- Having or showing a lack of good sense or judgement.
Origin:
Compound word hare + brained, refers to being foolish, impulsive or impractical in one's thinking or ideas.
Examples:
- His harebrained scheme was doomed to failure from the start.
- The harebrained idea was to jump off the roof with an umbrella.
- Harebrained is used to describe a person who is foolish, impulsive or impractical in one's thinking or ideas.
- Harebrained schemes are often ill-conceived and unlikely to succeed.
- Harebrained ideas are characterized by a lack of foresight, common sense or judgement.