[
US
/ˈfuɫˌpɹuf/
]
[ UK /fˈuːlpɹuːf/ ]
[ UK /fˈuːlpɹuːf/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not liable to failure
a foolproof identification system
the unfailing sign of an amateur
an unfailing test
VERB
-
proof against human misuse or error
foolproof this appliance
How To Use foolproof In A Sentence
- Virtually foolproof to use, it flattering. Times, Sunday Times
- Fair warning: The site is by no means complete or foolproof, so you should always cross-check by going to the source. TOSBack Monitors Terms Of Service Changes To Google And 45 Others | Lifehacker Australia
- I don't believe there's any such thing as a foolproof scheme for making money.
- I like to cook recipes that foolproof, able to wait or take a moment to finish before serving.
- He warns: 'There is no foolproof system but chip and pin has been presented in that way. The Sun
- Because the Scottish parliament has no second chamber, the committees must act as an even-handed forum to ensure that legislation is fair and foolproof.
- We do not mean to imply that the countertactic is foolproof. The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain
- The technology would also have to be faultless or foolproof.
- Back in the 1990s a friend, tired of the usual fan's attempts to bring about victory for Middlesbrough using the paraphernalia of lucky clothing and the like and, to be honest, during the higgledy-piggledy reign of Bryan Robson even Imelda Marcos would have exhausted her wardrobe in pursuit of something that would halt a post‑Christmas slump, determined on what appeared a foolproof scheme – a retrospectively effective charm. The winning secret of Sir Alex Ferguson's lucky underpants | Harry Pearson
- My foolproof/proof fool method as a child: memorize the definition of "avuncular," since it was the last question on the Wechsler. "Is it possible to prepare for Intelligence tests?"