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Another word for foolish

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foolish

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silly, senseless, unwise, absurd; see silly, stupid 1. See syn. study at absurd.

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Another word for foolish

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Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense:
brainless, fatuous, insensate, mindless, senseless, silly, unintelligent, weak-minded, witless. See ability, planned
So senseless as to be laughable:
absurd, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. (Informal) cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. (Slang) balmy², dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ability, knowledge

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It had been foolish to climb into the car with him.
It was a foolish thing to say.
Perhaps it was a foolish thing to do.
No, you're just foolish enough to jump from the buggy.
He does not discuss the possibility of successful resistance to the Chaldeans; he simply assumes that the attempt is foolish and wicked, and, like other prophets, he identifies his political programme with the will of God.

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