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Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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That Malice can be heartless and brainless need not be a problem; some of my favorite shows are mean and stupid, and downright gleeful about it.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The book is padded out by big type, airy leading and slight, vacuous tributes to the likes of Gregory Peck and Truman Capote produced for organs like the American Film Institute or the Book of the Month club.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Hollywood, having decided that no spectacle is too vacuous, no common denominator too low, has aligned itself with OneTaste.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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He was then taken to United Hospital in St. Paul and determined to be brain-dead by medical professionals.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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He was delivered by Caesarian section because a donor heart became available from a brain-dead baby in Canada.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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What gave me the crazy idea to stand at the bar, listening to that woman being praised for her stupid f---ing commitment to New York City and her ugly f---ing buildings?—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Her mechanism for luring victims involves a stick, someone’s hair, her blood, and another person stupid enough to let her through their front door.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In Johnston’s reimagining, Jim and Credenza Twit operate the most disgusting, dangerous, and idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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That’s just idiotic foreign policy.—
Jamie McIntyre,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The life of an unattractive and unintelligent young woman living in a dreary backwater in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The man seemed to think he was surrounded by incompetent, unintelligent, wastes of space.—
Josh Davis,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 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 11 Jan. 2026.
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