Harebrained
Harebrained adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: a harebrained idea to go for a hike in an area where grizzly bear attacks had recently been reported
Vacuous and harebrained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vacuous" instead an adjective "Harebrained".
Vacuous
Vacuous adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: a movie that was enthusiastically derided for its vacuous dialogue
Harebrained and vacuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harebrained" instead an adjective "Vacuous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- stupid and harebrained
- stupid and vacuous
- foolish and harebrained
- foolish and vacuous
- frivolous and harebrained
- frivolous and vacuous
- silly and harebrained
- silly and vacuous
- senseless and harebrained
- senseless and vacuous
- absurd and harebrained
- absurd and vacuous
- brainless and harebrained
- brainless and vacuous
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