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UK
/fˈuːlhɑːdi/
]
[ US /ˈfuɫˌhɑɹdi/ ]
[ US /ˈfuɫˌhɑɹdi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
a reckless driver
became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans
How To Use foolhardy In A Sentence
- You argue against yourself, brother, and I find it to be more than passingly foolhardy.
- It would be foolhardy to try to summarise two days of dense legal argument, much of it to do with definitions, legal boundaries and possible implications of certain wordings in the legislation.
- Sailing the Atlantic in such a tiny boat wasn't so much brave as foolhardy.
- Just for the record, I am not brave, perhaps a bit foolhardy, and just as scared of dying as the next man.
- The counsel will have a lot to say about your foolhardy irresponsible actions.
- In the light of this, one might be inclined to say that she is naïve or innocent or foolhardy.
- The swings were made out of the hardest substances known to man, and could decapitate anyone foolhardy enough to walk past.
- Therefore, if we are foolhardy enough to tax the desirable voluntary activities of individuals and firms, we should expect the ill effects to be numerous and serious.
- Although the guns were reached and many artillerymen sabered, this charge was extremely foolhardy. THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON
- Indeed, it's almost certainly no exaggeration to suggest that some foolhardy bar-stool all-rounder with a few too many stouts on board has already claimed in all sincerity to understand the complexities of the Duckworth-Lewis method. Ireland expected England to hurl abuse in defeat, not throw flowers | Barry Glendenning