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wishful
[ wish-fuhl ]
wishful
/ ˈwɪʃfʊl /
adjective
- having wishes or characterized by wishing
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Derived Forms
- ˈwishfulness, noun
- ˈwishfully, adverb
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Other Words From
- wishful·ly adverb
- wishful·ness noun
- un·wishful adjective
- un·wishful·ly adverb
- un·wishful·ness noun
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Example Sentences
It’s a gold rushlet so far: lots of wishful thinking that half-forgotten old mines still have new gold to yield up a dozen or so decades after the first ore was dredged out there.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s wishful thinking that Congress and the federal government will put guardrails on AI to reduce the risk of catastrophic harms.
From Los Angeles Times
But that could turn out to be wishful thinking.
From Los Angeles Times
But not all hope is equally effective; wishful thinking often falls short.
From Salon
With that went the wishful thinking that had comforted Israel’s worried Western allies.
From BBC
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