FOOLPROOF | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of foolproof in English

(Definition of foolproof from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of foolproof from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of foolproof

foolproof
Of course, these primitive processes of alignment are not foolproof.
Although such remedies are not foolproof, they do help identify a data trail.
To prevent this, compensating mechanisms may be built in the follower, but these are unlikely to be foolproof.
Putting these critical pieces in place is certainly much less than foolproof in most developing countries.
The pill, or oral contraceptive, provides a far more foolproof approach.
This is not foolproof, of course, because there is no guarantee that the way things happen to be done now is the best way possible.
The study tells as that the selection is foolproof.
It may be foolproof, but it is also unimaginative.
However, there is no simple, foolproof method of assessing lipid peroxidation.
Such methods provide reasonable guesses at function, but are far from foolproof.
As with contextual abstraction, however, morphological analysis is not a foolproof strategy for learning new words, as there are many instances where morphemes express unexpected meanings.
Yet such steps were hardly foolproof.
It will surely have to come as soon as some foolproof method can be perfected.
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Such gates are by no means foolproof, and if a careless driver goes across the device too quickly he will break down the gate.
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However, very few people have a foolproof insurance policy.
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Translations of foolproof

in Chinese (Traditional)
(計劃或機器)連傻子都懂的,操作簡便的,萬無一失的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(计划或机器)连傻子都懂的,操作简便的,万无一失的…
in Spanish
infalible, infalible [masculine-feminine]…
in Portuguese
infalível…
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kusursuz, şaşmaz, sağlam…
infaillible…
とても簡単(かんたん)な…
waterdicht…
spolehlivý…
idiotsikker…
tanpa kesalahan…
ไม่น่าจะผิดพลาดได้…
hết sức rõ ràng…
niezawodny…
idiotsäker…
tanpa kesalahan…
narrensicher, kinderleicht…
idiotsikker…
вірний, безсумнівний…
надежный…
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