Meaning & use
Foolishness
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The quality or state of being unwise, silly, or lacking good sense.
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Spending his entire savings on a whim was pure foolishness.
The elders warned the young couple against the foolishness of marrying without a plan.
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Formed from the adjective foolish plus the suffix -ness, which turns qualities into abstract nouns.
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2. noun
A foolish act or remark.
Quitting his job without any savings was one of his greater foolishnesses.
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