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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: foolish

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After an early and secret marriage to and divorce from her college sweetheart, a foolish man who wanted her to live with him in Texas after she’d been offered a job in New York, Paddleford never remarried.

Source: https://www.eater.com/23686676/how-america-eats-cookbook-clementine-paddleford-great-american-cookbook

After Brexit, too many investors took flight – a serious and foolish misjudgment – which meant UK companies were left undervalued and priced at a discount, particularly to their European peers.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/comment/article-11982761/MAGGIE-PAGANO-Predators-race-buy-British-firms-cheap.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

All current plans are solely looking at renewables, with no plans for maintaining critical "base load" generating capacity - how foolish and short sighted.

Source: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8269817/no-need-to-completely-park-light-rail-route-land/?src=rss

And as Mahito eventually learns, to attempt to face any of it alone would be foolish.

Source: https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-boy-and-the-heron-review/

And we will not pay for the foolish policy decisions made by a city council that has been led by radical socialists.”

Source: https://gothamist.com/news/state-judge-temporarily-blocks-mayor-adams-plan-to-send-migrants-to-rockland-hotel

Another lesson I wish that I had learned before investing in high yield stocks is that it is foolish to completely ignore macroeconomic factors.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4628245-what-i-wish-i-knew-before-buying-high-yield-stocks?source=feed_all_articles

"Any governor, whether you're in the opposite party of the president or not, would be foolish to not welcome the president of the United States to view the damage from a hurricane," he said.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/desantis-showcases-ability-to-govern-with-hurricane-response/article_398c81f2-ae6a-530b-82df-c3778c2accb3.html

As SEOs, we’d be foolish to ignore the potentially seismic shifts we are seeing implemented, seemingly on a weekly basis.

Source: https://searchengineland.com/creator-led-content-marketing-future-of-search-428185

As the fanbase has tried to keep up with the chaos and grasp this team’s true potential (or lack thereof), the Flyers’ Twitterverse has begun to look as foolish and disjointed as the 5-on-3 power play.

Source: https://www.broadstreethockey.com/2023/1/17/23558267/philadelphia-flyers-nhl-boston-bruins-shutout-playoffs

“At a time when many business owners have tightened their belts to save on expenses, agents can help clients verify they’re insured to value and avoid the pitfall of being pennywise but pound foolish with insurance coverage.”

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2023/11/20/748767.htm

At the same time, the Trump administration’s loosening of liquidity and other regulatory requirements for banks now looks foolish.

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/03/16/editorial-why-its-not-such-a-wonderful-life-when-real-time-panic-causes-bank-runs/

But the dismissal of Belichick’s role because the post-Brady years have not gone well is both foolish and unfair.

Source: https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2023/12/12/bill-belichick-new-england-patriots-chad-finn/

For instance, it was considered foolish to estimate how long a coding task might take, since at any moment the programmer might turn over a rock and discover a tangle of bugs.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/a-coder-considers-the-waning-days-of-the-craft

He absorbs it, he said, to help prevent kids from doing something foolish.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/31/all-we-want-is-revenge-how-social-media-fuels-gun-violence-among-teens/

He thought that Republican reluctance to permit the transfer to the Australians was “foolish because giving us the ability to have that type of presence in the Pacific with a strong ally makes a lot of sense”.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/07/congressional-concerns-stalling-nuclear-submarines-for-australia/

He will be attacked, but it would be foolish to count him out at this point.

Source: https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/a-rollicking-race-is-par-for-the-course-in-l-a-s-council-district-14/

I am a little slow and lazy sometimes, a little blind and foolish sometimes.”

Source: http://bangladeshchronicle.net/why-fascists-never-think-theyre-fascists-but-victims-and-heroes/