Sentence examples for be foolish from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

be injudicious

be imprudent

be insane

be dumb

be idiotic

Dictionary

be foolish

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Being foolish once in a while does not make one a foolish person.

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Exact(53)

Don't be foolish.

The New York Times

Ignoring it would be foolish.

The New York Times

They'd be foolish not to.

The New York Times - Health

We can all be foolish.

Independent

"Don't be foolish about it.

The New Yorker

But defaulting would be foolish.

The Economist

Similar(7)

They were foolish.

The New York Times

"That's foolish phooey.

The New York Times

That's foolish.

The New York Times - Sports

"Petty cuts are foolish.

The Economist

She had been foolish.

The New Yorker

More suggestions(15)

be mindless

be absurd

be silly

be foolhardy

be crazy

be inadvisable

be preposterous

be ridiculous

be nonsensical

be ignorant

be ludicrous

be senseless

be unreasonable

be unwise

becomes foolish

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