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   foolhardy

   /ˈfuːlˌhɑːdi/

   adjective

   • 1. recklessly bold or rash: "it would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French folhardi, from fol ‘foolish’ + hardi ‘bold’ (see hardy).

   Derivatives

   • 1. foolhardily adverb
   • 2. foolhardiness noun

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   What is a synonym for foolhardy?

   • Report an error or suggest an improvement. Synonyms: impetuous, reckless, rash, daredevil, hasty, more... Visit the Spanish-English Forum. Help WordReference: Ask in the forums yourself. Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks. See Google Translate's machine translation of 'foolhardy'.

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   What does it mean if someone is 'foolishly brave'?

   • Use the adjective foolhardy to describe someone who rushes into action without considering the consequences. Foolhardy is a combination of the noun fool and the adjective hardy, meaning "brave" or "bold." Put them together and you’ve got “foolishly brave.” Someone who is foolhardy throws caution to the wind and takes reckless chances.

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   What does folhardy mean?

   • recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome. 1175–1225; Middle English folhardy < Old French fol hardi. See fool 1, hardy 1 I was foolhardy enough in October to book a family trip to France over the holidays with friends. The Neandertals “probably were not foolhardy enough to take on a full-sized elephant.”

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   Why do some people describe behaviour as foolhardy?

   • If you describe behaviour as foolhardy, you disapprove of it because it is extremely risky. When he tested an early vaccine on himself, some described the act as foolhardy. It was foolhardy to have refused. What he once took as boldness he will now judge as foolhardiness. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is the difference between Rash and foolhardy?

   • rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought. reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences. foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense. Recent Examples on the Web The resulting foolhardy litigation cost city taxpayers more than $3.7 million in legal fees.

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   Is it foolhardy to predict the outcome of the talks?

   • it is foolhardy to It would be foolhardy to try and predict the outcome of the talks at this stage. He made a foolhardy attempt to climb the tree to recover his kite. It's a knee-jerk reaction that's foolhardy beyond imagination. I also think just looking at salaries as a yardstick of "success" or "quality" is foolhardy.

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   Foolhardy means brave in a silly way, taking unnecessary risks. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, antonyms, and sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     brave in a silly way, taking unnecessary risks: a foolhardy...

   • Foolhardy

     taking or involving silly and unnecessary risks: a foolhardy...

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   Foolhardy means foolishly adventurous and bold, or rash. See synonyms, antonyms, examples, word history, and related articles for foolhardy.

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   Foolhardy means extremely risky or reckless behaviour that you disapprove of. Learn more about its pronunciation, usage, and origin, and find synonyms and related words.

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   Foolhardy means brave in a silly way, taking unnecessary risks. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Use the adjective foolhardy to describe someone who rushes into action without considering the consequences. Foolhardy is a combination of the noun fool and the adjective hardy , meaning "brave" or "bold."

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   Foolhardy means recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of this adjective with example sentences from various sources.

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   Foolhardy means taking or involving silly and unnecessary risks. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, translations and examples from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary.