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Definition of "hairbrained" [hair•brained]

  • Usage Problem Harebrained. See Usage Note at harebrained. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hairbrained" in a sentence
  • "I don't know what kind of hairbrained vow he had tied up in it, but with the little ceremony disappeared every trace of restraint, and we plunged head over ears into the saturnalia of delights that was an old-time county fair."
  • "The prosecution called their story "a fairytale", the defence said it was "hairbrained" but former NRL star Greg Bird has been made to wait to find out what the judge thinks."
  • ""hairbrained" but former NRL star Greg Bird has been made to wait to find out what the judge thinks."
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