idiotic

variants also idiotical

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of idiotic The current policies are idiotic. The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Re-empower law enforcement and get our (expletive removed) roads and bridges fixed instead of wasting money elsewhere on idiotic priorities like electric car mandates. The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Too many young people are making idiotic short-term financial decisions that hamper long-term success. Chandler Dean, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023 Taking money from the IRS — the agency responsible for collecting the money that funds the government — would be an idiotic move. Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for idiotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiotic
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Adjective
  • Supreme Court justice calls it 'ridiculous' Trump cuts reach climate scientists who labored for free Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • In a world where leaders seem eager to bend the knee to Trump’s every impulse, even the truly ridiculous seems plausible.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • After a 14-year break, the Final Destination franchise returns with another installment sure to inspire a host of new irrational fears.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 16 May 2025
  • Free agency is in the distant past, the NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and, barring any major swerves, many fans are piecing team depth charts together with irrational confidence while anxiously waiting for Wednesday’s schedule release.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Trump has no knowledge of military history and has surrounded himself with advisers equally ignorant.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
  • Anger materializes in people who are toxic and ignorant.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • In a unanimous opinion, the justices said courts can look beyond the exact moment a police officer is using deadly force to determine if the force was unreasonable.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Given the high degree of regulation and data privacy concerns within our industry, this isn’t an unreasonable question, to say nothing of the cost of bespoke software solutions.
    Tom Hughes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

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“Idiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiotic. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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