Definitions for foolhardy
ˈfulˌhɑr difool·hardy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. foolhardy, heady, rash, recklessadjective

   marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

   "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foolhardyadjective

   Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foolhardyadjective

   Daring without judgment; madly adventurous; foolishly bold.

   Etymology: fool and hardy.

   One mother, when as her foolhardy child
   Did come too near, and with his talons play,
   Half dead through fear, her little babe revil’d. Fairy Queen.

   Some would be so foolhardy as to presume to be more of the cabinet-council of God Almighty than the angels. James Howell.

   If any yet be so foolhardy,
   T’ expose themselves to vain jeopardy;
   If they come wounded off, and lame,
   No honour’s got by such a maim. Hudibras, p. i. cant 1.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foolhardyadjective

   daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foolhardy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foolhardy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of foolhardy in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   Donald Trump doesn't know what he's talking about. And you know who'd be hurt the most? Iowa agriculture, what does a country do when it gets thrown a 45% tariff? It retaliates. And who would it retaliate with? Agriculture, and the equipment and the technology that this great state has developed and has been sold to China. All of that is foolhardy.

2. Christian Horner:

   I think probably most people have written Red Bull off for this year but we're fighters and focused on getting ourselves into a competitive position, i think it would be foolhardy to write a team off with the caliber of people that Red Bull has in it.

3. Jeffrey Halley:

   Picking [ market ] tops though in this environment, is a hazardous occupation, and only for the brave, very deep-pocketed, or foolhardy.

4. Van Beurden:

   It would be somewhat foolhardy to put ourselves in a legal bind by saying these are the targets we will adopt, before we put ourselves at the mercy of a legal challenge, I want to make sure we are doing the right thing first.

5. Rand Paul:

   So we have to understand that asking countries right on the border of Russia that used to be part of Russia to be in a military alliance against Russia is just a foolhardy idea. Henry Kissinger said this, many others have said this, and I think we should offer them the carrot of that, that they won't be in NATO and at the same time, tell them, though, that if you invade there, the repercussions will be very, very costly and these will be economic repercussions. But all of that requires the cooperation of Europe because we don't buy that much from Russia.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foolhardy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foolhardy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foolhardy
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foolhardy