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Synonyms for foolish

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for foolish

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for foolish

devoid of good sense or judgment

having or revealing stupidity

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Those calling young people with credentials and no jobs "foolish" owe the unemployed youth an apology.
in an extraordinary onslaught against an ally, Mr Trump also used a Twitter post to attack Theresa May over Brexit, accusing her of ignoring his advice and "going her own foolish way".
Asked if Thakur will take her place in Madhya Pradesh politics, Uma Bharti told media here, "She is a great saint, don't compare me with her, I am just an ordinary and foolish creature."
'I'm not even thinking about the shot, the two foolish fouls before that, which gave them the points,' said Ross Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
POLICE investigating the murder of Crimewatch host Jill Dando had a "scattergun approach" and a "foolish view" it was linked to the show, former co-host Nick Ross has claimed.
A KNIFEMAN who stabbed a man in the leg in a 'cowardly and foolish attack' has been jailed.
J Hus, who won Best Song at the Mobo awards last year, told the court in a letter that he regretted his "foolish actions".
The fat cats at the top, From Carillion to foolish fracking.
The foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand.
President Duterte is optimistic that the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) will not do anything foolish now that the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) has been signed.
He told North Staffordshire Justice Centre: "She has been extremely foolish and naive.
Without gender prejudice, there was the Foolish Wife story.
Its making our country look foolish and this is a country that I dont want looking foolish, and its not going to look foolish as long as Im here."
The senior advisor strongly condemned the foolish comments by Bahrain's foreign minister against Iran's history.
Some smart-aleck in the crowd must have told Jesus, "The foolish ones were the families who let their daughters go out alone at night!"