Foolishness (Noun)
Meaning 1
A stupid mistake.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- I was still young and my foolishness led me to think I was invincible when I took the dare to skateboard down that huge hill.
- She can't help but laugh every time she remembers her foolishness of getting her head stuck in a cheese grater while trying to reach the cookies.
- He tried to apologize, but it was clear his foolishness of trying to eat the wasabi as if it was guacamole would take some time to forgive.
- She is determined not to repeat the foolishness of underestimating the competitor and letting them catch her off guard like they did in the previous championship.
- After many hours and lots of dollars, they realized that all that unnecessary "workaround" code was due to his foolishness of believing a totally baseless theory on internet forum comments.
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Meaning 2
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
The quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- His decision to quit his job without having another one lined up was an act of foolishness that he would later regret.
- The foolishness of the politicians in the government was evident in the way they handled the economic crisis.
- She couldn't believe the foolishness of her brother, who had spent all his savings on a get-rich-quick scheme.
- The foolishness of the plan was clear to everyone except the person who had come up with it.
- The foolishness of the young lovers was charming, but also a little worrying to their friends and family.