harebrained
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Synonyms & Antonyms for harebrained
Synonyms
birdbrained, ditzy (or ditsy), dizzy, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, futile, giddy, goofy, light-headed, light-minded, puerile, scatterbrained, silly, yeasty
Antonyms
earnest, serious, serious-minded, sober, unfrivolous
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Because more often than not, a harebrained idea can turn into the perfect message that will resonate with other people trying to find the right words to say. — Sarah Cook, al.com, "This local greeting card line tells it like it is," 15 July 2019 But the fans thereāas well as the fans in Montreal, so cruelly stripped of their Exposāshouldnāt have to settle for half a team through some harebrained cross-country scheme that features one foot constantly out the door. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "Split-Season Push in Montreal Is the Rays' Latest Desperate Attempt for a New Stadium," 20 June 2019 Of all his campaign pledges, none was more appealing to those at his rallies than the border wall, and none was more harebrained. — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, "Trump's wall is performance art, not border security," 14 Mar. 2018 Making matters worse was Mr. Modiās harebrained decision two years ago to invalidate nearly 90% of Indiaās currency by value, which gutted many small businesses. — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, "Modiās Party Crashes to Defeat, Casting Doubt on His Re-Election," 13 Dec. 2018 Now Supervisor Aaron Peskin, last seen mounting a harebrained scheme to prevent companies from offering lunch to their employees, is back in the news with another empty gesture. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "A looming strike over Project Dragonfly is putting new pressure on Google," 30 Nov. 2018 Ed Whelan freestyled a harebrained theory about mistaken identity on Twitter right in front of everyone. — David Roberts, Vox, "The caravan āinvasionā and Americaās epistemic crisis," 2 Nov. 2018 The cross-country cycling tour was my grandfather's harebrained scheme for exploring his adoptive homeland. — Daniel De Vise, Chicago Reader, "How two Belgian boys became the youngest kids to bike across the U.S.āin 1935," 21 June 2018 Sundry underworld types scratch and sniff in pursuit, but their harebrained motives ā like the money itself ā are mere tools with which to paint a pitch-black picture of Chinese economic frustration set against the allure of Western opportunity. — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, "Review: In āHave a Nice Day,ā a Follow-the-Money Tale in China," 25 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'harebrained.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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