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Recent Examples of doofus There is no silver lining to looking like a doofus. Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025 The Carl Erskine problem Unfortunately, the doofus who put together the ballot (editor’s note: the newsletter author put together the ballot) forgot to include Carl Erskine in the actual ballot. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 How can someone whose wealth and fame rest on innovative technologies—electric cars and rocket launches—be such a doofus? Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2024 His muscly doofus of an older brother, Thomas (Jack Lowden)? Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for doofus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doofus
Noun
  • Traditional software is often cheaper, faster and more reliable when a solution is rules-based and needs fool-proof outputs.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s why the whole enterprise might be a fool’s errand.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Normies, apparently, refers to everyone who is not a bat-scat left-wing lunatic.
    Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, designer decanters, like one by DIOR shaped like a goose, sells for $550.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Marie realizes Danny was the roadblock, so why give up the goose?
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Sure enough, the quiet is shattered when a new villain rolls into town in the form of Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), a chaotic, fashion-forward maniac with a personal vendetta and a flair for over-the-top drama.
    EW.com, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Doofus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doofus. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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