harebrained

Example Sentences

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“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.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

They seeded suspicion and harebrained ideas of alternative cures, some toxic.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2024

The worst that could happen is people like Musk have less money to invest in harebrained schemes like "ChatGPT, but more racist."

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2023

It alternates a limited number of comic setups, often involving unfortunate encounters or Jimmy’s increasingly harebrained approach to therapy.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

He drove his Buicks in breakneck speed races at Tanforan and harebrained hill climbs up the harrowing grades of Diablo Hill and Grizzly Peak.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand