How to Use stupid in a Sentence

stupid

adjective
  • It was stupid of me to try to hide this from you.
  • I'm not stupid enough to fall for that trick.
  • Two glasses of wine are enough to make me stupid.
  • I was stupid with fatigue.
  • Why are you being so stupid?
  • He had a stupid expression on his face.
  • We were stupid to wait so long before we made a decision.
  • She angrily described her boss as a stupid old man.
  • I did some pretty stupid things when I was young.
  • But the prices for this year’s big game are just stupid.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Just stop people from doing the stupid things in the first place.
    The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2020
  • What a stupid thing to even think, much less say out loud.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • He's gonna be a stupid teenager and be behind the wheel of a car.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • For those of you new to the sport, yes, football is a stupid game.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Maybe the third time will be the ... what's the word? ... end of this stupid idea.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, AL.com, 19 May 2017
  • If parents are too stupid to see that, the courts need to step in.
    Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2018
  • And then a lot of like dumb jokes, like a lot of like stupid humor.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
  • And Yisrael is the first to say that her son did some stupid things.
    Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Let all the stupid ideas fly with a diverse group of aligned people.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • How in the world could anyone be so stupid as to leave a gun behind?
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2021
  • For a very long time the things we were supposed to aspire to be in were so stupid.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2019
  • Laugh at stupid jokes, make love in the morning hours, play jacks with the kids.
    Sonja Marie, Essence, 28 June 2019
  • Cheaters would have to be stupid not to clear the search histories on their browsers.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Stuff like: do this movie, some stupid wrestling movie.
    Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 July 2015
  • The pandemic messed up so many lives and then stupid things like movies.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023
  • How stupid might that sound on a day when the plague is back in force right outside our doors?
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 July 2020
  • If men think women are stupid for it, then the joke’s on them.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2022
  • There is never a good time to say something this stupid.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022
  • Few things can crush a career faster than one stupid or mean tweet.
    Alen Bubich, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2021
  • But this isn’t even close to the most stupid, ridiculous thing about this show.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021

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