Hare-brained
[hair-breynd] /ˈhɛərˌbreɪnd/
adjective
1.
giddy; reckless.
/ˈhɛəˌbreɪnd/
adjective
1.
rash, foolish, or badly thought out: harebrained schemes
adj.
also harebrained, 1550s, from hare-brain “giddy or reckless person” (1540s), probably from hare, on notion of “flighty, skittish.”
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