Foolhardy meaning

fo͝ol'här'dē
The definition of foolhardy is reckless or without regard for the possible consequences.

Deciding to try cliff diving with no safety procedures in place and no experience is an example of something that would be described as a foolhardy activity.

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Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash.
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Bold or daring in a foolish way; rash; reckless.
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Origin of foolhardy

  • Middle English folhardi from Old French fol hardi fol fool fool hardi bold hardy1
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Middle English folhardy, folehardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), equivalent to fool +‎ hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.
    From Wiktionary

Foolhardy Sentence Examples

  • reaped from this foolhardy enterprise.

  • Mack's march to Ulm was therefore a necessity of the situation, and his continuance in this exposed position, if foolhardy against such an adversary, was at any rate the outcome of the high resolve that even if beaten he would inflict crippling losses upon the enemy.

  • It may be urged in his favour that the general circumstances of the time, where they did not produce reckless and foolhardy daring, almost necessarily produced a somewhat excessive caution.

  • The Hebrew name for Orion also means "fool," in reference perhaps to a mythological story of a "foolhardy, heaven-daring rebel who was chained to the sky for his impiety" (Driver).

  • As king, he still retained something of the clerk in the habit of his dress; but he was at the same time a warrior so impetuous, as to be sometimes foolhardy, and his policy was on the whole anti-clerical.

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