Daft
adjective
Senseless, silly or unintelligent.
I can't believe you made such a daft mistake.
Often appears as...
- daft idea
- daft question
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Informal
adjective
Funny in a strange or foolish way.
She's always making daft jokes.
Often appears as...
- daft joke
- daft smile
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
adjective
Senseless, silly or unintelligent.
I can't believe you made such a daft mistake.
Often appears as...
- daft idea
- daft question
Usage tips
Informal
adjective
Funny in a strange or foolish way.
She's always making daft jokes.
Often appears as...
- daft joke
- daft smile
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Informality
Use 'daft' in casual conversations, not in formal writing or speeches.
You'd be daft to miss out on this party.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Daft' often suggests a lack of common sense or practicality in someone's actions.
Only a daft person would go out in the storm without an umbrella.
Pro Tip 3/3British Usage
While understood globally, 'daft' is more commonly used within the UK.
He's always forgetting his keys, such a daft thing to do.
Pro Tip 1/3Informality
Use 'daft' in casual conversations, not in formal writing or speeches.
You'd be daft to miss out on this party.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Daft' often suggests a lack of common sense or practicality in someone's actions.
Only a daft person would go out in the storm without an umbrella.
Pro Tip 3/3British Usage
While understood globally, 'daft' is more commonly used within the UK.
He's always forgetting his keys, such a daft thing to do.
Pro Tip 1/3Informality
Use 'daft' in casual conversations, not in formal writing or speeches.
You'd be daft to miss out on this party.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Daft' often suggests a lack of common sense or practicality in someone's actions.
Only a daft person would go out in the storm without an umbrella.
Pro Tip 3/3British Usage
While understood globally, 'daft' is more commonly used within the UK.
He's always forgetting his keys, such a daft thing to do.
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the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,
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The Doctor Who Can...
each time something came up if i was really excited by it if i was really passionate about it i gave it a go and there are lots of really good reasons some of those choices could have been really daft and were in retrospect but each time i made a daft choice it did
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Why bother leaving the...
the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,
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The Doctor Who Can...
each time something came up if i was really excited by it if i was really passionate about it i gave it a go and there are lots of really good reasons some of those choices could have been really daft and were in retrospect but each time i made a daft choice it did
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Cats vs. Gravity PIPE...
people's cats doing hilarious things so we thought we put these wonders of the web to work and find out if cats are as clever as their smug little faces suggest or other as daft as the rest of
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Quote examples
Conor Coady
English Athlete
They're great memories, not just as a footballer but as a person growing up - it sounds daft, but to come away from Liverpool to play the first-team football I needed. It's a fantastic place, a huge football club and they helped me a lot. I'm grateful for coming through there.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life.
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Helen Skelton
English Entertainer
I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously.
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Jane McDonald
English Musician
When I was on 'Loose Women' I never thought you have to keep it light. I had my own view. It sounds daft, but I forgot that there were cameras there because I got very heated in discussions.
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James May
English Journalist
The shirt thing just started one day when I bought one with a really interesting pattern, and people laughed at it, so I thought, 'I'll keep buying daft shirts with flowers on.
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Harriet Walter
English Actress
I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.
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John Lydon
English Musician
You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.
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Russell Howard
English Comedian
Mum's side of the family are daft, beautiful and brilliant.
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Thomas Bangalter
French Musician
Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology.
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Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
There is a legend. And to protest is daft.
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Conor Coady
English Athlete
They're great memories, not just as a footballer but as a person growing up - it sounds daft, but to come away from Liverpool to play the first-team football I needed. It's a fantastic place, a huge football club and they helped me a lot. I'm grateful for coming through there.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life.
Quote examples
Helen Skelton
English Entertainer
I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously.
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Jane McDonald
English Musician
When I was on 'Loose Women' I never thought you have to keep it light. I had my own view. It sounds daft, but I forgot that there were cameras there because I got very heated in discussions.
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James May
English Journalist
The shirt thing just started one day when I bought one with a really interesting pattern, and people laughed at it, so I thought, 'I'll keep buying daft shirts with flowers on.
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Harriet Walter
English Actress
I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.
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John Lydon
English Musician
You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.
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Russell Howard
English Comedian
Mum's side of the family are daft, beautiful and brilliant.
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Thomas Bangalter
French Musician
Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology.
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Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
There is a legend. And to protest is daft.
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