harebrained

adjective
UK: /ˈheəˌbreɪnd/
US: /ˈherˌbreɪnd/

  1. Silly and not practical; showing a lack of good judgment.

    1. That was a harebrained idea to drive without gas.
    2. His harebrained scheme to get rich quick failed miserably, leaving him in debt.

Synonyms

foolish silly stupid idiotic absurd ridiculous crazy wild impractical unrealistic

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The phonetic transcription of "harebrained" is /ˈheəˌbreɪnd/ in British English and /ˈherˌbreɪnd/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "harebrained": foolish, silly, stupid, idiotic, absurd, ridiculous, crazy, wild, impractical, unrealistic.

Example usage of "harebrained": "That was a harebrained idea to drive without gas.". More examples on the page.