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foolproof


foolproof [fool-proof] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for foolproof on Thesaurus.com adjective

  1. involving no risk or harm, even when tampered with.
  2. never-failing: a foolproof method.

Origin of foolproof An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; fool1 + -proof Related Words for foolproof flawless, reliable, sure-fire, unassailable, perfect, tested, tried, guaranteed, certain, dependable, fail-safe, faultless, safe, sure, unerring, unfailing, idiot-proof Examples from the Web for foolproof Contemporary Examples of foolproof

  • A “foolproof” way to make the diagnosis would be news indeed!

    How to Tell When a Scientific Study Is Total B.S.

    Russell Saunders

    August 22, 2014

  • Cry No More Every parent tires of hearing their child cry, but not everyone finds such a foolproof way to make it stop.

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  • Of all the potential holiday gifts, few are as foolproof as cash or gift cards.

    What to Do With Unwanted Gift Cards

    Nina Strochlic

    December 26, 2012

  • Dan Gross on why the episode is a reminder that the vaunted cloud is much like the Web in the 1990s—young and far from foolproof.

    Blame It on the Cloud: Amazon Outage Shows Peril of Outsourcing Data

    Daniel Gross

    October 25, 2012

  • The only foolproof way to avoid pregnancy is, of course, not to have sex.

    Gail Collins on Texas’s Abstinence Sex Education Problems

    Gail Collins

    June 4, 2012

  • Historical Examples of foolproof

  • All of us—all the Academy top brass—develop a foolproof test for cadet maneuvers.

    Stand by for Mars!

    Carey Rockwell

  • He had to establish some sort of foolproof disguise, and he had to make contact with Earth’s underground.

    The Status Civilization

    Robert Sheckley

  • There are a few sequences of words that really are foolproof, carrying their own atmosphere and dignity with them.

    The Book of Susan

    Lee Wilson Dodd

  • He had smashed the radio, a marvelously compact and foolproof outfit, arbitrarily tuned to a fixed short wave-length.

    Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930

    Various

  • This time he wasn’t afraid of meeting a Bandersnatch or anything else, for he had a method of escape that was foolproof.

    Insidekick

    Jesse Franklin Bone

  • British Dictionary definitions for foolproof foolproof adjective

    1. proof against failure; infalliblea foolproof idea
    2. (esp of machines) proof against human misuse, error, etc

    Word Origin and History for foolproof adj.

    also fool-proof, 1902, American English, “safe against the incompetence of a fool,” from fool (n.) + proof.

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