feather-brained
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In practice I hope that Master George and Mr Mervyn are talking tough to impress feather-brained markets so that they can win time to act less brutally.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2010
For the moment we are the bicycle, and not the feather-brained cyclist.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Nor did she like the atmosphere of the Whites and Rocca Marina for her feather-brained young sister.
From Modern Broods by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Now go quickly, for rather would I die than live like the feather-brained blue jay.”
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
Spinoza had nothing but contempt for facile-tongued, feather-brained Utopians.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Joseph Ratner
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