Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Proof even against the ignorant or meddlesome handling of fools; secure against accidents even in the hands of a stupid person: said of machinery.
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Examples
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Nuclear fills that place, but clearly we're not to the point where it is fool-proof safe.
Robert L. Cavnar: The Adult Conversation About Nuclear Power Needs to Start Robert L. Cavnar 2011
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Nuclear fills that place, but clearly we're not to the point where it is fool-proof safe.
Robert L. Cavnar: The Adult Conversation About Nuclear Power Needs to Start Robert L. Cavnar 2011
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I had the same idea for turkey decoys - I thought if I could skin a couple of hens and a jake, do the borax thing and then figure out how to fashion them to a styrofoam body with a fake head and a stand, I would have a fool-proof setup.
Some Cheap Tail 2009
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While there's nothing that you can do to ensure that you'll have a fool-proof, career-guaranteed post-graduate experience, there are certain things you can do to help.
Hack College: Dr. Janitor: Paradox Or Reality? Hack College 2010
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I had the same idea for turkey decoys - I thought if I could skin a couple of hens and a jake, do the borax thing and then figure out how to fashion them to a styrofoam body with a fake head and a stand, I would have a fool-proof setup.
Some Cheap Tail 2009
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Watch how Friedlander explains shadow fighting and hear some of his other fool-proof fighting tips in the interview below.
Judah Friedlander Talks Karate & Fighting With Shadows On Fallon (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Broad of beam, heavily sparred, with high freeboard and bluff, Dutchy bow, the Uncle Toby was the slowest, tubbiest, safest, and most fool-proof schooner David Grief possessed.
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The content was more along the lines of the inherent risks of STDs and the fact that abstinence is the only fool-proof method of avoiding them.
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Watch how Friedlander explains shadow fighting and hear some of his other fool-proof fighting tips in the interview below.
Judah Friedlander Talks Karate & Fighting With Shadows On Fallon (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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While there's nothing that you can do to ensure that you'll have a fool-proof, career-guaranteed post-graduate experience, there are certain things you can do to help.
Hack College: Dr. Janitor: Paradox Or Reality? Hack College 2010
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