how to pronounce foolish

/ˈfulɪʃ/

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foolish is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of foolish in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… wasting our money on this foolish stuff …”

meanings of foolish

adjective:

Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

foolish frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word foolish occurs in english on average 9.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics foolish can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that foolish can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;