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   What does foolishness mean?

   • She even tried to sing again, in her faint sweet voice, some of the dear old songs, laughing softly at her own foolishness. Foolishness definition: lack of wisdom or good judgment; foolish quality. See examples of FOOLISHNESS used in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if a person is foolish?

   • If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily. It is foolish to risk skin cancer. He admitted that he had acted foolishly. They don't accept any foolishness when it comes to spending money.

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   What does it mean if you look or feel foolish?

   • If you look or feel foolish, you look or feel so silly or ridiculous that people are likely to laugh at you. I just stood there feeling foolish and watching him. I didn't want him to look foolish and be laughed at. He saw me standing there, grinning foolishly at him. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is foolishness and wisdom of age?

   • The foolishness and wisdom of age : attitudes toward the elderly as reflected in jokes. We have all heard of unfortunate people who have lost what they call their "life savings" by foolishness or indeed by greed. They cannot be dismantled; they will be buried in concrete—monuments to the foolishness of man for future generations.

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   Is it foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily?

   • It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily. It is foolish to risk skin cancer. He admitted that he had acted foolishly. They don't accept any foolishness when it comes to spending money. If you look or feel foolish, you look or feel so silly or ridiculous that people are likely to laugh at you.

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   Is sanitation a foolishness?

   • One official reported that 'to the masses of the people, sanitation is foolishness'. The foolishness and wisdom of age : attitudes toward the elderly as reflected in jokes. We have all heard of unfortunate people who have lost what they call their "life savings" by foolishness or indeed by greed.

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   noun. fool· ish· ness ˈfü-lish-nəs. Synonyms of foolishness. 1. : foolish behavior. 2. : a foolish act or idea. Synonyms. absurdity. asininity. balminess. brainlessness. craziness. daftness. dippiness. dottiness. fatuity. fatuousness. folly. imbecility. inanity. insanity. lunacy. madness. nonsensicalness. nuttiness. preposterousness. senselessness.

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   Foolishness definition: lack of wisdom or good judgment; foolish quality. See examples of FOOLISHNESS used in a sentence.

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   FOOLISHNESS definition: 1. the quality of being unwise, stupid, or not showing good judgment: 2. the quality of being…. Learn more.

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   /ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/ [uncountable] behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement synonym stupidity. Jenny had to laugh at her own foolishness. Want to learn more?

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   If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily. It is foolish to risk skin cancer. Synonyms: unwise, silly, absurd, rash More Synonyms of foolish. foolishly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] B2.

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   There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun foolishness. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   the quality of being unwise, stupid, or not showing good judgment: the foolishness of youth. She has already apologized for her foolishness. See. foolish. Fewer examples. She is too old for such foolishness. He laughed at his own foolishness. It is time we stopped this foolishness.