daft
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Paul: Continuing with a manager who refuses to play players that are playing well over his pals who aren't playing well seems daft to me.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Where do you suppose he got such daft and dangerous ideas?
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
Citadel in 2022 moved its headquarters from Chicago to Miami, but it still maintains a large New York presence—which made it a daft target to pick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Just how daft was made clearer by this week’s response from Mr. Griffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
It must have looked pretty daft from his side, and if he hadn’t been such a decent type, I’d have been a laughing stock in no time.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Maybe you think it could be longer, louder, downright dafter?
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
The German winger took all available advantage of Jansen’s clumsy lunge; a hint of moral turpitude in the ease with which he went over, perhaps, but the challenge was dafter than the dive was saucy.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2014
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories Totally undanceable, dafter than ever—and a wire-to-wire triumph.
From Slate ● May 21, 2013
Warren Gatland's taunts are starting to look dafter by the match.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2011
If onything, he's a thocht dafter in his ongaein's, mair silent-like.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan
"She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2014
On record, it sometimes sounds terrible but, tonight, even the daftest songs throb and shimmer magnificently.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2013
Still, in Linda Coverdale's fluent translation, he comes across as the brainiest, daftest, sternest, funniest, most companionable hermit you'll ever meet.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2013
"It's one of the daftest mistakes of my life," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2012
The other dog is the drollest, daftest, wildest little rascal you could conceive.
From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Gordon Stables
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