Sentence:  “Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the <WSD>harebrained</WSD> plan you came up with?” “It wasn't <WSD>harebrained</WSD>.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Absurd, foolish or stupid.