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
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
Where do you suppose he got such daft and dangerous ideas?
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
Citadel in 2022 moved its headquarters from Chicago to Miami, but it still maintains a large New York presence—which made it a daft target to pick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
She said immediately how daft it was, the three of us having rows over the most stupid things.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories Totally undanceable, dafter than ever—and a wire-to-wire triumph.
From Slate ● May 21, 2013
Warren Gatland's taunts are starting to look dafter by the match.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2011
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
"It was one of the daftest decisions in boxing. I'll be back."
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
Of all the myths about Beyoncé, the rumour that she didn’t give birth to Blue Ivy is among the daftest and the cruellest.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2018
"It's one of the daftest mistakes of my life," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2012
Brian Griffith's hunk of brick-built cake is the daftest and most inert of them.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2010
The other dog is the drollest, daftest, wildest little rascal you could conceive.
From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Gordon Stables
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