descabellado

adj.

farfetched, crazy, wild, absurd.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: descabellar.

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descabellado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=descabellar}}descabellar

► adjetivo

1 figurado wild, crazy

■ eso es totalmente descabellado that's absolutely crazy

■ una idea descabellada a crackpot idea

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ADJ [plan, idea] crazy, wild, preposterous

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-da adjetivo crazy, ridiculous

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= breakneck, misconceived, off-the-wall, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], harebrained, far-fetched [farfetched], cuckoo.

Ex. Certainly, as we know from our previous discussion, no institution of its own accord would change at the breakneck pace at which our own field appears to be moving.

Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.

Ex. 'I hope this doesn't sound like an off-the-wall remark but have you ever heard of or read anything about the so called mid-life crisis?'.

Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.

Ex. Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.

Ex. If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.

Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.

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* empresa descabellada = fool's errand.

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-da adjetivo crazy, ridiculous

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= breakneck, misconceived, off-the-wall, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], harebrained, far-fetched [farfetched], cuckoo.

Ex: Certainly, as we know from our previous discussion, no institution of its own accord would change at the breakneck pace at which our own field appears to be moving.

Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.

Ex: 'I hope this doesn't sound like an off-the-wall remark but have you ever heard of or read anything about the so called mid-life crisis?'.

Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.

Ex: Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.

Ex: If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.

Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.

* empresa descabellada = fool's errand.

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descabellado -da

adjective

crazy, ridiculous

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Del verbo descabellar: (conjugate descabellar)

descabellado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
descabellado    
descabellar
descabellado

◊ -da adjetivo

crazy, ridiculous
descabellado,-a adjetivo crazy, wild

'descabellado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
delirante
- descabellada
- jalado
English:
misconceived
- wild
- outlandish

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descabellado, -a adj

crazy

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descabellado

adj

:

idea descabellada fam hare-brained idea fam

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descabellado, -da adj

: outlandish, ridiculous