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foolproofing

foolproofing is the present participle and gerund of foolproof.

Meaning of foolproof

Verb

foolproof (third-person singular simple present foolproofs, present participle foolproofing, simple past and past participle foolproofed)

  1. (transitive) To render (something) foolproof.
    • We foolproofed the operations.

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Questions about foolproofing

What is foolproofing the present participle and gerund of?
Foolproofing is the present participle and gerund of foolproof.

Words near foolproofing in the dictionary

  1. foolosopher
  2. foolosophers
  3. foolosophy
  4. foolproof
  5. foolproofed
  6. foolproofing
  7. foolproofly
  8. foolproofness
  9. foolproofs
  10. fools
  11. fools about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foolproofing (page history and authors); foolproof (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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