Sentence examples for downright daft from inspiring English sources

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Kennedy triangulates Reprints Related items Prince Charles: Branded for lifeNov 12th 1998The problem comes on other questions where the prince's views are ill-informed, sentimental or downright daft.

With titles such as Heaven Trousers, King Of The Assholes and Mummy Is Mad as well as downright daft fantasy imagery – composite images of a dog on a human head or a dagger piercing a sausage – his smeared and scrawled improvisations are the work of a truly lovable grown-up kid.

In recent years, marketers seeking to reach the elusive demographic known as "men" have invented plenty of new archetypes, ranging from the insightful to the downright daft, some of which even make the flimsy but enduring typologies of the metrosexual and the lad sound plausible.

At that time, the local business community thought he was either naïve or downright daft for missing out on the opportunity to make as much money as possible.

He described it as "ultimately a bit of a mess", calling the contrast between the "uneasy mix of the humorous and downright daft" gang and the "sinister" Solomon story "jarring".

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Daft game.

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