variants also dopy
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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily a sweet but dopey little dog who never learned any tricks

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Recent Examples of dopey The dopey armor truck guard is the kind of guy that panics under pressure. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025 Faced with this existential crisis, Bull gathers his best pals—Rocco, a gruff boxer (Idris Elba); Lucky, a dopey but loyal beagle (Bobby Moynihan); and Fetch, a wannabe influencer dachshund (Fred Armisen)—for one final night of canine mischief. Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Raul Asencio sold the first goal with some dopey hesitation. Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 July 2025 Meanwhile, Paul finds himself in a work crisis that puts the lifestyle of Julie and their rebellious son Russ (Simon Webster) in jeopardy, leading Julie back to the dopey sweetness of Carey. Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dopey
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Adjective
  • So many of Black Rabbit’s subplots are confusing, boring, or dumb.
    Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Luis Jauregui, a professor at UC Irvine, is an expert in quantum physics who is smart enough to describe his work in terms that are foreign to a non-scientist, yet affable enough to explain it anyway, without making any non-scientist feel dumb.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With scraggly hair and beard and a dazed countenance of man waking up from an unspeakable dream, Reeves brings the tender vulnerability to his Estragon (aka Gogo).
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Hair disheveled, a dazed and bewildered look in his eyes, the coach trudged into his own dressing room to regroup and get a rundown of a growing list of injuries.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The name-calling and the stupid AI and the imagery has got to stop.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • These kids are being stupid and absurd and reckless and not thinking about anything other than what’s directly in front of their faces.
    Will Leitch, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Combs appeared stunned and wide-eyed as Subramanian mentioned his children in his address and also imposed five years of supervised release and a $500,000 fine, the maximum possible.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Though Guzman had always wanted to go, this year marked her first time, and stepping inside left her stunned.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The episodes feel choppy, hardly letting anything land, yet still feeling slow.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The crowd, quietening into a slow clap with the moment building, burst into a celebration.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But Jon seemed distracted, and not altogether himself, Rachel tells Rolling Stone.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • However, people with ASD are more likely to have trouble shifting their focus rather than being easily distracted and hyperactive in general.
    Laura Dorwart, Health, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The moon's strange yellow hue is the result of a phenomenon known as Rayleigh Scattering, wherein Earth's dense atmosphere interferes with the passage of shorter, bluer wavelengths of light, while allowing longer, redder, wavelengths to pass through relatively unscathed.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some investors were confused that the draft rules published Wednesday evening still contained references to a foreign ownership cap that was set to be amended.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On city streets, a confused robotaxi can just pull over.
    Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Dopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dopey. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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