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Given some of Trump’s most problematic remarks about Ukraine, this hope may not have been completely fatuous.—
Daniel Fried,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025 -
The fatuous Fed/1930s narrative raises a basic question: why are successful investors paid so well?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Miller has always taken the American people for brainless, heartless chumps lost in a swamp of nostalgia who’ll believe whatever Trumpworld tells them to.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Fieryo / Scarecrow The brainless Scarecrow was formerly Fiyero Tigelaar, the most eligible bachelor in Oz.—
Haley Kluge,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2025
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In some ways, that Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is this vacuous and one-dimensional feels like progress.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Maybe John-John was a vacuous jock type, but even hunks have souls.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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He was reportedly revived at a hospital but was declared brain-dead and removed from life support.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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And to be perfectly fair, nervous gratuitous laughter at stupid jokes is not unknown among anyone, including the press corps.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
24 Feb. 2026
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Above all else, avoid the stupid mistakes that lead to injury, illness, and evacuation from the game.—
Kristen Geil,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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Anything else would be idiotic.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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To do a lot less foolish, thoughtless, stupid, idiotic things.—
Gwen Faulkenberry,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Still, Hassett called the report biased and unintelligent.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
18 Feb. 2026
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And not because people are unintelligent — quite the opposite.—
JJ Rosen,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Nov. 2025
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What the obsequious emails to Epstein seem to illustrate is that many people with influence were willing to overlook his crimes, horrific behavior, and witless observations as long as there was something in it for them.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Nov. 2025
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Gavras and Arbery may have other, more singular aims in mind, hidden beneath all the obvious skewering of witless wealth.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Cretinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cretinous. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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