harebrained

“That’s the stupidest, dumbest, most harebrained scheme I’ve heard in my life,” a farmer complained to a government official in one scene, a sentiment studio executives echoed as they rejected Carter’s project as too far-fetched.

The scheme seemed as harebrained as it was cruel, and Martinez offered little to lend clarity.

That’s why we see two fiercely opposed candidates rushing to agree on this harebrained scheme.

Constrained by work and family, Mr. McDonnell took more than three years to carry out what he described as his “harebrained” idea.

The move, which was the first of many harebrained strategies cooked up by Giuliani and Trump without input from people who know better, came as a complete surprise to his staff.