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
"Norwegians are as daft about football as the Scots and I was amazed to discover the number of Doonhamers who are related to or have friends who are Norwegians," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Yet, the film pulls off its share of daft, button-pushing jokes, too.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Just how daft was made clearer by this week’s response from Mr. Griffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Schiem looked at me like I was daft.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Maybe you think it could be longer, louder, downright dafter?
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
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
The booming sound effect sounds even dafter when it's a clip off Morgan's pads.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2013
"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’s just a shame it’s also now one of the daftest.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2017
"She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2014
"It's one of the daftest mistakes of my life," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2012
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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