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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a foolish man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who acts unwisely or lacks good judgment.
Example: "Despite his intelligence, he often made decisions that revealed he was a foolish man."
Alternatives: "a silly person" or "an imprudent individual."
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(Boyle calls him only a "foolish man").
"He's not a foolish man at all," Mr. Breen said.
"And I don't think he is a foolish man".
Nathan did not respond, because he was not a foolish man.
"But it is a foolish man who thinks they have all fled.
Only a foolish man would hope to find That haven fashioned by her dreaming mind.
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Tolstoy presents Napoleon as a vain foolish man who is in over his head.
On her expiration date, her eldest son — a sad and foolish man with a half-baked interest in Islam — will become the head of the Church of England.
As Jane Goodall puts it, "Larson blithely reverses the roles of human and nonhuman so that, as you browse through a collection you find on one page a Gary Larson human carelessly squishing a foolish dog (yapping when the man of the house is trying to watch the World Cup), and on another, a Gary Larson elephant carelessly squishing a foolish human".
Bearing in mind his physical condition, Jackson is either a brave or foolish man to attend an auction called Let's Face It.
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