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
At the time, England's David James was one of several players to criticise the ball, saying it would "allow extra goals" and "make some goalkeepers look daft".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Paul: Continuing with a manager who refuses to play players that are playing well over his pals who aren't playing well seems daft to me.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Where do you suppose he got such daft and dangerous ideas?
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
“Get down, you daft idiot! You’ll be soaked! You’re in uniform!”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Maybe you think it could be longer, louder, downright dafter?
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
If it looked silly, it was supposed to – and it was no dafter than the real thing – but at least they were here now.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2018
Of all golden-age fallacies, none is dafter than that there was a time when politicians purveyed unvarnished truth.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2017
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories Totally undanceable, dafter than ever—and a wire-to-wire triumph.
From Slate ● May 21, 2013
Joe thought he had done many a dafter thing than take father at his word, whether he meant it or not; and so thought, so done, for next morning he took himself off to Skeàl-Hill.
From The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
"She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2014
On record, it sometimes sounds terrible but, tonight, even the daftest songs throb and shimmer magnificently.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2013
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
"It's one of the daftest mistakes of my life," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2012
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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