hare-brained

Example Sentences

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That’s when Riley dialed up a hare-brained trick play that he’d surely regret later.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, Louise Haigh, the shadow transport secretary, posted previous commitments by the Conservatives to LTNs, adding: "Whose hare-brained idea was it in the first place?"

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023

But while civilian-run regimes might be less apt to launch destructive, hare-brained conflicts in the short term, in the long-term they can still be ticking time bombs.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2022

It certainly seems like a hare-brained scheme, but it's not against the law to propose a terrible idea to someone.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021

So strong was the regret that rumours of his survival persisted, and hare-brained youths were found to personate him throughout Mary’s and even far into Elizabeth’s reign.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various