crackpot
noun
crack·pot
ˈkrak-ˌpät 
plural crackpots
: one given to eccentric or wildly foolish notions
crackpot
adjective
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Examples of crackpot in a Sentence
Some crackpot in a clown suit is out there directing traffic.
everyone is tolerant of the town crackpot, a man who never hurt anyone
Recent Examples on the Web
Social media lit up with theories, some crackpot, some not.
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2024
Elevating Project 2025, a blueprint for turning government by expertise into government by crackpots and sycophants, will be critical to Biden’s task.
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Fauci had been accused by congressional crackpots such as Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) of having helped to create the COVID virus, unleashing the pandemic, and by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of having masterminded nationwide pandemic shutdowns.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
But the book’s power comes from showing a field in flux and reminding us that ideas have their own life cycles: from crackpot theory to utter embarrassment to real possibility to the stuff of textbooks.
—Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2024
Elevating Project 2025, a blueprint for turning government by expertise into government by crackpots and sycophants, will be critical to Biden’s task.
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Fauci had been accused by congressional crackpots such as Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) of having helped to create the COVID virus, unleashing the pandemic, and by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of having masterminded nationwide pandemic shutdowns.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
But the book’s power comes from showing a field in flux and reminding us that ideas have their own life cycles: from crackpot theory to utter embarrassment to real possibility to the stuff of textbooks.
—Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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“Crackpot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crackpot. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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