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Definition of imbecility
imbecilities
1a : the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness … it seemed a very odd business, filled with illusions and delusions, at times noble to the point of imbecility and at other times base to the point of amorality. — Colleen McCullough; also : futilityb : something that is foolish or nonsensical … his satire on the imbecilities and greed of politicians … — Nicholas Von Hoffman
2 dated, now offensive : the condition of being affected with moderate mental retardation
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Examples of imbecility in a Sentence
was arrested for the sheer imbecility of speeding down a dark road with no headlights on
we were stunned by the imbecility of the ideas presented by this once-respected biologist
Circa 1533
First Known Use of imbecility
circa 1533
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