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foolhardyfool‧har‧dy /ˈfuːlhɑːdi $ -ɑːr-/ adjective   - Holding onto a moving car while wearing skates is illegal and foolhardy.
- I drove to the hospital at a foolhardy speed, arriving just after my wife.
- It was foolhardy to take the plane up alone, with so little flying experience.
- The country was in such huge debt that any spending proposals looked foolhardy.
- Alarmed, and thinking that my President needed me, I dashed to get there, driving at foolhardy speed.
- As you said, it is in the nature of young men to be foolhardy and impetuous.
- Call it foolhardy or brilliant or shocking or crazy.
- He accepted he'd been grossly stupid and foolhardy.
- I thought the idea was totally foolhardy.
- It would be foolhardy to try and reach Chimneys, alone and on foot, in this weather.
- Small wonder if their son grew up with a taste for chivalrous pursuits, warlike deeds and sometimes foolhardy enterprise.
involving risk► risky involving a risk: · It's always risky leaving your car out on the street overnight.· Being self-employed is much more risky than being a wage earner.· Risky investments can offer high yields, but also the possibility of greater losses.risky to do something: · The experiments would be too risky to perform on humans. ► dangerous risks that are not necessary and that could cause harm or serious problems: · Using humor in a job interview is a dangerous thing - you never know how the interviewer will react.· Women felt that complaining about sexual harrassment was dangerous, as there was always the threat of losing their jobs.it is dangerous to do something: · It is dangerous to assume that share prices will continue to rise. ► foolhardy an action that is foolhardy involves so much risk that someone seems stupid for trying it: · It was foolhardy to take the plane up alone, with so little flying experience.· The country was in such huge debt that any spending proposals looked foolhardy.· I drove to the hospital at a foolhardy speed, arriving just after my wife. ► high-risk something that is high-risk involves a lot of risk, but if you choose to do it and it is successful, you will have very good results: · It was a high-risk strategy to attack with such a small number of planes, but it was brilliantly successful.· a high-risk investment ► a gamble something risky that you do because you hope that it will succeed and that you will gain something from it: · A gamble by the quarterback on the final play allowed them to score.· Changing jobs is always a gamble, but the opportunity looks good.a gamble pays off (=it is successful): · Despite the serious doubts of his advisors, the President's gamble paid off. ► dicey informal involving a serious risk that things will go wrong: · It's too dicey to base this policy on what might happen in the coming year.· Taking the mountain road is always a bit dicey at this time of year. ► precarious involving a serious possibility of failure or loss: · No one would lend money to a company in such a precarious position.· The typical peasant farmer has a precarious existence, at the mercy of flood, disease and famine.· His political position has become extremely precarious. taking stupid and unnecessary risks SYN reckless:  a foolhardy attempt to capture more territory—foolhardiness noun [uncountable] |