(disapproving) taking unnecessary risks:
It would be foolhardy to sail in weather like this.
foolhardiness noun [U]:
There's no excuse for such foolhardiness-you could have been killed. * He showed his usual disregard for danger-an attitude his friends called bravery and his enemies foolhardiness.
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