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
In the aftermath of his unconventional voyage, Larry Walters assured the American public he wasn't actually a crackpot who had risked life and limb with a hare-brained scheme that was dreamed up on a whim.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
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 was a hare-brained moment from the left-sided centre back.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2020
I asked them what they'd been thinking of to let themselves be persuaded by a hare-brained enthusiast like that.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
