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unfooled en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + fooled.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not fooled.
    • Chuff is trying to pass off a flimsy reproduction as the real thing. When snobby Margaret — unfooled, her aesthetic sense offended — calls Chuff's house "ticky-tacky", she means to say not only that it's not the real thing but also that it's done in poor taste. 2007, Jerry L. Walls, Gregory Bassham, Basketball and philosophy: thinking outside the paint:

Synonyms

unduped