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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.
I am a very foolish fond old man. --Shak.
2. Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.
3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
A foolish figure he must make. --Prior.
Syn: Absurd; shallow; shallow-brained; brainless; simple; irrational; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; silly; ridiculous; vain; trifling; contemptible. See {Absurd}.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" [ant: {wise}]
2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: {anserine}, {dopy}, {dopey}, {foolish}, {goosey}, {goosy}, {gooselike}, {jerky}]
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