On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Harebrained. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as insane or mad and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Harebrained in a sentence
Harebrained meaning
- Absurd, foolish or stupid.
- Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.
Using Harebrained
- The main meaning on this page is: Absurd, foolish or stupid. | Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.
- Useful related words include: insane, mad, foolish.
- In the example corpus, harebrained often appears in combinations such as: harebrained idea.
Context around Harebrained
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harebrained
- In this selection, "harebrained" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, completely, reforms, seemingly, idea, proposals and runouts stand out and add context to how "harebrained" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include between the harebrained runouts of and like a harebrained idea how. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harebrained" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harebrained
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Regarding certain matters, they can come up with completely harebrained proposals, which have nothing to do with reality. (18 words)
This is total nonsense and Iam shocked that this seemingly harebrained character is calling himself a political researcher. (18 words)
Between the harebrained runouts of Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander, Ravichandran Ashwin sent Quinton de Kock back for a golden duck. (21 words)
Naturally, it all comes together in the end, but putting the timeline in order might help make some sense of how exactly Heaven and Hell orchestrated their harebrained idea, the Apocalypse. (31 words)
Angela’s Ashes: The Musical may sound, on the face of it, like a harebrained idea - how to turn infant death, TB, alcoholism and ceaseless, grinding poverty into a musical? (30 words)
In To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean both has to contend with the dramas which arise because of the letters, and because of a harebrained scheme. (30 words)
Angela’s Ashes: The Musical may sound, on the face of it, like a harebrained idea - how to turn infant death, TB, alcoholism and ceaseless, grinding poverty into a musical? (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
Regarding certain matters, they can come up with completely harebrained proposals, which have nothing to do with reality.
Angela’s Ashes: The Musical may sound, on the face of it, like a harebrained idea - how to turn infant death, TB, alcoholism and ceaseless, grinding poverty into a musical?
Naturally, it all comes together in the end, but putting the timeline in order might help make some sense of how exactly Heaven and Hell orchestrated their harebrained idea, the Apocalypse.
Between the harebrained runouts of Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander, Ravichandran Ashwin sent Quinton de Kock back for a golden duck.
For years he has treated Neza as his personal laboratory, trying a wild mix of hard-nosed reforms, harebrained schemes and fanciful experiments.
In To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean both has to contend with the dramas which arise because of the letters, and because of a harebrained scheme.
This is total nonsense and Iam shocked that this seemingly harebrained character is calling himself a political researcher.
Common combinations with harebrained
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: