daft
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Still, for the most part, the storytelling is daft fun; Holly and Arabella may not really get anywhere, but Ms. Cavalli should certainly keep going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Yet, the film pulls off its share of daft, button-pushing jokes, too.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
She was unaware parking overnight was banned in the village's long-stay car park, and said not allowing campers to pay to stay in empty or quiet sites seemed "a bit daft".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Just how daft was made clearer by this week’s response from Mr. Griffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
How daft is you that seeing me be worth more than being rid of that?’”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Maybe you think it could be longer, louder, downright dafter?
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories Totally undanceable, dafter than ever—and a wire-to-wire triumph.
From Slate ● May 21, 2013
Turning on the nearest cameraman was even dafter.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2012
All of the above except Johnson were signed by Hughes, who also either thought or was persuaded that Terry would have been a good buy at an even dafter price.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2010
"There'll be dafter folk as me in your hoose yet," spluttered Gilmour angrily, as he turned away.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
"It was one of the daftest decisions in boxing. I'll be back."
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
"She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2014
Still, in Linda Coverdale's fluent translation, he comes across as the brainiest, daftest, sternest, funniest, most companionable hermit you'll ever meet.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2013
And its final shot, as well as failing to resolve any of the hinted-at emotional problems, really is one of the daftest things I have seen for a long time.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2010
I often tell him he's the daftest in a' the house.—But what are they making sic a skirling for?—Deil ane o' them's get in here—it wadna be mensfu'!
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott
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