as in rattlebrain
a silly flighty person you would not want to have to rely on that featherbrain in an emergency

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Noun
  • Depending on Trump’s demands, even states that are traditional U.S. partners could conclude that signing any deals with the United States is a fool’s errand because, eventually, Trump will issue even stronger demands in the future.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Trump’s Insane Clown Posse Cabinet is very close to being filled with a cadre of fools and quacks, goons and thugs.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But objectively, his effort was a wild goose chase: a guerrilla operation hindered by tunnel vision for one specific suspect.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
  • These discrepancies often lead companies to costly goose chases.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Egg laying behavior of common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus): Data based on field video-recordings The New York Academy of Sciences.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • For evolutionary biologists, the term cuckoldry originated to describe cuckoo birds who lay their eggs in other species’ nests, leaving their offspring to be unknowingly raised by foster parents.
    Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Duvall is a big reason why: All the film’s insights into the slipperiness of identity are there in her casually virtuosic, veritable dual performance, in which a funny flibbertigibbet loses hold of herself as the world around seems to splinter into something frighteningly new.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
  • Projects about Monroe have handled her personal life to varying degrees of success, often leaning into her flibbertigibbet persona, her struggles with addiction, and the paradox of her oozing sexuality and her little girl brokenness.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Besides offering a cash prize of up to $250,000, the show can help change perception of a villain or a ditz and be a springboard for their next casting.
    Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Her foothold in the entertainment industry firmly established, Grande soon landed her breakthrough role as the loveable ditz Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Featherbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/featherbrain. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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