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Another word for foolishness

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Noun

  1. Foolish behavior

    See also:

    ability

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Another word for foolishness

Noun

  1. The quality of lacking good sense

    See also:

    stupidity

  2. Conduct or acts lacking good sense

    See also:

    stupidity

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Sentence Examples

  • for "brother of foolishness," i.e.

  • I don't care about all your bones foolishness, but Fitz buying the vodka scares me.

  • No, he was quick to say, it didn't come from any "psychic foolishness" which he didn't believe existed.

  • The quiet expression of these startling ideas is more remarkable than their adoption; for smaller artists live on still more startling ideas; but most remarkable of all is the presentation of Parsifal, both in his foolishness and in the widsom which comes to him through pity.

  • But this line of argument was latent in Christian thought from the time when St Paul spoke of the " foolishness " of preaching.

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