foolish in the PONS Dictionary

foolish Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be penny wise and pound-foolish
uzbuđivati se zbog pogrešnih stvari
to be penny wise and pound-foolish
štedljiv kod malih, rasipan kod velikih svota
she was afraid that she would look foolish
plašila se da će delovati smešno

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One would be foolish not to have this album in their collection making it an easy recommendation.
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Some of you are going to look very foolish when this report comes out.
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But following one foolish step with another will not restore that lost standing.
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Wed be foolish not to use our imaginations, not to investigate every possible fact.
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We have presumed to utter foolish words and have not distinguished happiness from sorrow.
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King let him live, realizing how foolish he had become.
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He was foolish enough in his struggle for power to even convert himself into a machine, something he later deeply regret.
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She was an impulsive teenager who frequently made dangerously foolish decisions.
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It looks foolish, you see, this is fiction.
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Criticism is truly foolish, if people persist in a criticism regardless, even though it is demonstrably not well-taken.
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