It is foolhardy to go into a dark cave unprepared. From LearnThat.org.
His experiment with the kite was the best in foolhardy empirical research. From Wordnik.com. [Behe: ID rescues Common Descent] Reference
Perhaps the only thing more foolhardy is expecting to diminish interest in a game by publicly protesting it. From Wordnik.com. [Zulu 1 Tactical Airsoft Simulation Puts Folly in Play] Reference
And in a move that could be described as foolhardy or inspired, she has stayed faithful to the original material. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
In what can only be described as a foolhardy move, Jade last-night claimed she had hoped the cancer would "go away on its own". From Wordnik.com. [Anorak News] Reference
He said the government would be "foolhardy" to spend irresponsibly, and should continue to invest in the future. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Alan West, who had described the military action as "foolhardy". From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Getting rid of the state's airplanes would be "foolhardy," he said. From Wordnik.com. [IdahoStatesman.com News Updates] Reference
He admits some may find it hard to believe and acknowledges it was "foolhardy". From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
Canadians have a phrase for this kind of foolhardy but fun and often essential bullishness. From Wordnik.com. Reference
They are led by MP Christopher Chope who was described as 'foolhardy' in past Parliamentary Profiles. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Flynn - Read My Day] Reference
Ian Kiernan, who has sailed around the world, said the voyage had been badly planned and was "foolhardy". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
If he did those things, then you might be justified in calling him "foolhardy" or saying that he "blew it.". From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Beyond the financial commitment, the Mayor Funkhouser called it "foolhardy" to pay for development rights for a "phantom" developer. From Wordnik.com. [Tony's Kansas City] Reference
"foolhardy" with the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [All Today's News - Sightline Daily] Reference
"foolhardy" to go ahead with the IPO if the market remained depressed. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"We're adventuresome, but we're not foolhardy," she says. From Wordnik.com. [Going Nowhere] Reference
It would be "foolhardy and a false economy" to let it go. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Oliver hits back as pioneering Ministry of Food faces closure threat] Reference
He also knows that more coercive measures would be foolhardy. From Wordnik.com. [Running Against Fidel] Reference
Greater optimism encourages riskier, often foolhardy, investments. From Wordnik.com. [Facing Up To Inflation] Reference
Many Brazilians are foolhardy jaywalkers; don't follow their lead. From Wordnik.com. [Chris McGowan: Carnaval in Rio: How to Have Fun and Not Get Mugged] Reference
It would have been foolhardy indeed to attempt to get at the provisions. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
It would be foolhardy not to recognize that we're a country of angry people. From Wordnik.com. [Melanie Gorman: Got Anger? Managing Political Rage for Our Children's Sake] Reference
Some will say that these overland travelers were over-zealous, even foolhardy. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
Spring shows how foolhardy a venture this really was, and how risky for its time. From Wordnik.com. [Brooks Peters: Lover Man: The Samuel Steward Story] Reference
He also felt the embarrassment usual in any one guilty of so foolhardy an action. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They were young, adventurous, and -- not to put too fine a point on it -- foolhardy. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
But I think it would be foolhardy to predict what the new technology is for 2008. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Politicos] Reference
To attempt to bring the rascally real estate agent to terms alone would be foolhardy. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
What should he do -- should he give up this foolhardy expedition and retrace his steps?. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
R.E.M. has earned its skepticism, but foolhardy enthusiasm usually makes better rock and roll. From Wordnik.com. [HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND] Reference
Would I be foolhardy enough to attempt a definitive five page article on What is Christianity?. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Luce: The Stewardship Report on Connecting Goodness Announces Editorial Calendar] Reference
The Gibbs backlash shows how foolhardy it is to argue with people who don't even have to buy ink. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Gibbs was right to criticize the 'professional left'] Reference
Another major difference is that Japan had enough domestic savings to finance its foolhardy "solutions.". From Wordnik.com. [When Superpowers Slide] Reference
The CIA, FBI, DEA or any place where he could indulge his paranoid tendencies would obviously be foolhardy. From Wordnik.com. ['Mr. President, It's Ross on Line Two'] Reference
I understand a whole host of acts ranging from the simply foolhardy to the self-destructive to the downright despicable. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Grown, Supposedly Mature Men Gone Wild] Reference
I discovered long ago that I am not a morning person and deceiving my body's natural p.m. circadian rhythms is foolhardy at best. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: How Hillary Clinton Would Govern] Reference
Haidar even invited me to lunch at his home, something both of us would have considered foolhardy, even suicidal, only last summer. From Wordnik.com. [Baghdad Comes Alive] Reference
But serenity struck me as foolhardy for a deliveryman in his 30s, who said he buys mutual funds to raise money for a vacation and a house. From Wordnik.com. [What Should You Do?] Reference
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