adjective
daft
DAFT/dæft/
Silly or foolish.
Holding a sieve over the newspaper is a daft way to keep it dry.
Etymology
The ancestor meant “gentle, becoming.” Its meaning worsened through “dull, awkward” to “foolish,” with the later change probably influenced by daffe, meaning “halfwit” or “fool.”
In context
if you're faced with a situation like that there's two things you can do you can Panic which is Daft or you can get on with it
More examples
- We laugh at his daft jokes all evening.
- Leaving the keys inside was a daft mistake.
- That's the daftest excuse I've ever heard.
Forms
daft · dafter · daftest
daftness noun — The quality of being silly or foolish.
Similar words
- silly
- Often suggests playful absurdity rather than a foolish decision.
- foolish
- Emphasizes poor judgment more strongly than playful or harmless silliness.