Foolproof

Quick meaning: Foolproof is an adjective meaning Of a device: protected against, or designed to be proof against, misuse or error.

Meaning

Of a device: protected against, or designed to be proof against, misuse or error.

More Meanings

1. Of an idea or plan: certain to succeed in all eventualities, or claimed to be so; infallible.
2. (transitive) To render (something) foolproof.

Example Sentences

We foolproofed the operations.

My foolproof recipe is my gâteau fermière.

From Nigella Lawson’s effortless spaghetti with Marmite to Chetna Makan’s foolproof chicken curry – the recipes to turn to when you want easy but tasty suppers

Dill had hit upon a foolproof plan to make Boo Radley come out at no cost to ourselves (place a trail of lemon drops from the back door to the front yard and he’d follow it, like an ant).

Word Forms

• foolproofs
• foolproofing
• foolproofed

Synonyms for foolproof

Depending on context, synonyms include infallible, unfailing, goofproof.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include goofproof, unfailing, infallible, unswerving, unfaltering, unflagging.

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