Foolish and Young

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Foolish adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.

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Young and foolish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Young" instead an adjective "Foolish".

Nearby Words: fool, foolishness, foolery, foolishly

Young adjective - Being in the early stage of life, growth, or development.

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Foolish and young are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foolish" instead an adjective "Young".

Nearby Words: youngster, youngling, youngish

In TRON: Legacy, CLU was given the directive to create the perfect system, by a young and foolish Kevin Flynn who believed that it was possible.

Source: Perfection Is Impossible
The protagonist and his friends, being young and foolish boys, decide to give some of the rituals a shot late at night in the woods for a thrill.

Source: Tome of Eldritch Lore
His sister Catelyn sees him as young and foolish, and doesn't like the way he lets smallfolk into Riverrun for protection.

Source: Unpopular Popular Character

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