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as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily a bonehead decision to trade their best player

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bonehead

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noun

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Recent Examples of bonehead
Adjective
Szturc late in the 2nd picked up a bonehead 10-minute misconduct for a mouthguard violation. Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2022 Yours truly made the bonehead decision to fly to New York for Game 1 of that series the day after our post-marathon-bombing, shelter-in-place Friday. BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021
Noun
The Patriots pulled off one of the top five most-bonehead plays in post-merger NFL history in losing to the Raiders in Week 15. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2022 His all-time bonehead decision to go for it on fourth down gave the Browns life. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for bonehead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonehead
Adjective
  • Mexican men were dismissed as violent Panchos and stupid Pedros.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • There’s more stupid romance around harder substances but few chemicals are more hazardous to ambition than THC.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Adjective
  • Juicy, tender ribs are hard to beat, and cooking them low and slow is the key to achieving that irresistible fall-off-the-bone texture and deep, savory flavor.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 June 2025
  • And then there is a style that believes reading should mimic the obstruction and slow struggle of writing.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • In his formal lecture to the Academy, Campbell offered some reflections on the simple science that gave rise to the treatment, and to its wide array of applications.
    Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
  • The simplest way to achieve your goal may be a version of the truth that’s not the whole truth.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Simply lather a thick coating of petroleum jelly onto the scratch.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
  • As thick clouds billowed out of Eyjafjallajökull, the skies over the North Atlantic — one of the world’s busiest aviation routes — fell silent, with air traffic dropping to levels that wouldn’t be seen again until the Covid pandemic a decade later.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 June 2025

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“Bonehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonehead. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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