folly
/ˈfɑli/
noun
- A lack of good sense or judgment; foolishness.
- It would be folly to go hiking in a thunderstorm.
- She later regretted her youthful folly of dropping out of school.
- The company's financial folly led to its bankruptcy.
- A costly and foolish undertaking or mistake.
- Building that huge mansion in the swamp was a costly folly.
- Investing all his savings in that risky scheme turned out to be a complete folly.
- The war was seen by many as a national folly.
- A decorative building or structure built in a garden or park, often designed to look like a ruin or ancient temple.
- The wealthy landowner built a Gothic folly on the hill just for fun.
- The estate's garden features a stone folly shaped like a medieval tower.
- We picnicked near an old folly that looked like a Greek temple.
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