foolishness

IPA: fˈuɫɪʃnʌs

noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being foolish.
  • (countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.
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Examples of "foolishness" in Sentences

  • They wallow in the foolishness of it all.
  • It was a ruse to show the foolishness of men.
  • Jesus, thank GOD this foolishness is finally OVER.
  • It's petty foolishness and is symptomatic of clannish myopia.
  • But John Fox feigned anger, crying: What foolishness is this?
  • Lobby firms getting rich off this foolishness is embarassing.
  • The woman who sponsors this foolishness is a former Dean at Georgetown?
  • A fool with a sense of his foolishness is — at least to that extent — wise.
  • This foolishness is the result of conservative leaning alumni who have more money than brains.
  • Write Hillary name on the ballot; What kind of foolishness is that, if she's not on the general election ballot.
  • In just a few hundred words, his article combines smears, factoids and plain foolishness in a thick stew of slavish political partisanship.
  • November 25th, 2009 1: 08 pm ET ahh, now the in-mates are truly running the asylum. when will the people see that these ladies do not care about them or their cause. this whole tea party foolishness is one mass mind warp!
  • This is just like the nonsensical foolishness from the left stating that health care reform should be single payer, all or nothing (when no country that has single payer achieved it with one step, but rather did so over a long period with incremental steps towards a goal).

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