as in stupidness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
couldn't believe the dumbness of the people who fell for that scam
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Recent Examples of dumbness
Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbness
Noun
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In the United States, it is used in medical devices and measurement gauges, such as industrial devices that measure the thickness of materials.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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The team has developed a specific formula to calculate this relationship, allowing builders to determine the material’s strength based on the cardboard’s thickness.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The only reason for this incessant stupidity?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Heck, maybe its sheer stupidity.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Carbon steel is sharper but needs more constant care to avoid rusting or edge dullness.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just like in life, slowness isn’t inefficiency.—
Raquel Reichard,
Refinery29,
24 Sep. 2025
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Bear had eliminated the weight and slowness of the English bow and the structural defects of the Turkish design.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet for all of his stoned foolishness, Bob has clearly imparted a real distrust of authority to his kid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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Not so much by her response as by my own foolishness.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even as tragedy and struggle beset the tenement districts, the very qualities that defined the tenement’s unfavorable physical conditions—over-crowdedness and density—became building blocks for community.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Compared to other diets, this one focuses on addition more than restriction; rather than emphasizing cutting calories or weight loss, this method of eating focuses on overall health and nutrient density.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
25 Sep. 2025
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Andor connected with critics and audiences in part because its revolutionaries make cogent arguments over and over about the insanity of authoritarianism.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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After being wrongfully imprisoned in a mental asylum, an author is faced with a decision to surrender to insanity or fight for her sanity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Dumbness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbness. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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