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also idiotical
as in dumb
having or showing an inability to understand or make sensible choices
He ended up making millions from an idea that many had dismissed as idiotic. I'm afraid I said some really idiotic things yesterday.
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Recent Examples of idiotic
The current policies are idiotic.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiotic
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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But her physical discomfort, brain fog, and financial stress had made the idea of writing a novel seem ridiculous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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The crowded panorama of ticktocking boxes is ridiculous and charming and absolutely unforgettable in its slightly manic demonstration of Japanese hobbyism.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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It’s been reopened in chunks, thanks to the unrelenting optimism and irrational persistence of a corps of downtown residents led by Rodriguez and Rosa Chang.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
16 June 2025
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On the other hand, especially given that the vote was still restricted to only a small minority of propertied men, the rise of party politics itself sharpened the age-old mistrust of popular judgment as irrational and easily swayed—especially by lies.—
Fara Dabhoiwala,
Harpers Magazine,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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The former Fox host Tucker Carlson, who opposed such an operation, sparred with two boosters: the current Fox host Mark Levin, and the Republican senator Ted Cruz, whom Carlson revealed to be ignorant of basic facts about Iran in a clip that went viral.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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Maybe LLMs get us 80% of the way there without any oversight, but skipping the context and being completely ignorant of what the machine is doing is typically not a good idea, partly for the reasons that the panelists laid out.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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The Biden-era Justice Department, Washington, D.C., and six states sued in 2021, arguing the alliance violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust law that prohibits unreasonable restraints on competition.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
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The post garnered hundreds of responses with the majority of commenters arguing that her critique of her friend was unreasonable.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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“Idiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiotic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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