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Hairbrained vs. Harebrained
Hairbrained
Examples:
She devised a hairbrained scheme to enter the contest.Every time he came to work, it was with a hairbrained idea.Buying a dinosaur skeleton was a hairbrained use of his fortune.
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Harebrained
/ˈheəbreɪnd/Examples:
She had a harebrained plan to build a castle from cheese.His harebrained schemes often left us all bewildered.Trusting him with the project was a harebrained idea.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Hairbrained is often considered a misspelling of harebrained, but many people mistakenly assume it relates to hair.
- Remember that hare refers to a rabbit, highlighting the meaning of the word as related to being imprudent or foolish like a mad hare.
- Harebrained is the correct form in standard English usage.
- Visualize a hare running around frantically to remind you of the definition associated with recklessness.
- Think of a hare's wild behavior to recall the nature of being harebrained.
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