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foolish
adjective as in nonsensical, idiotic
Strongest matches
absurd, crazy, fantastic, ill-advised, insane, irrational, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous, silly, stupid, unreasonable, unwise
Weak matches
asinine, brainless, cockamamy, daffy, daft, dippy, doltish, dotty, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, jerky, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, moronic, nutty, senseless, short-sighted, simple, unintelligent, wacky, weak, witless, zany
Example Sentences
"I won't do anything foolish," he told the newspaper, which said his new cabinet could be announced on Monday or Tuesday.
"Seeing the art market with so much strength almost validated that what we started as maybe foolish young people has become a very mature industry."
If it strikes you as foolish, consider how well the serious people’s ideas have turned out in the Mideast.
Would it be foolish to pay it off from my $770K investments?
Azerbaijan’s president accused Russia of trying to cover up its role in the crash, saying that Russian authorities’ explanations—which initially faulted a flock of birds and an exploding gas cylinder—were “foolish and dishonest.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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