as in stupidness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
despised the sheer mindlessness of the movie's violence
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The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to measure around 5.5mm in thickness.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025 -
Quilted or padded cloth playmats range in thickness between 0.2 and 0.8 inches.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The stupidity of enacting a massive tax increase on the entire global economy at this point doesn’t make much sense.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2025
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Trump himself personifies stupidity’s essential feature — self-satisfaction, an inability to recognize the flaws in your thinking.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The court ruled that although Elkins did kill her children, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity, the outlet and NBC10 Philadelphia reported.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan ruled last week that Elkins did kill her children, but was not guilty by reason of insanity, the Ashbury Park Press reported.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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From physical fights to is-he-or-isn’t-he paternity test foolishness and now revenge p-rn, the storylines can get out of control.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Adams case is not the only one that will bring the foolishness of this directive into sharp relief.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
15 Feb. 2025
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Gillin made sure to match Ratajkowski’s hair color, texture, and density to the K-tips and installed them with her growth patterns to maximize the seamless look.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
22 Apr. 2025
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The phone’s battery has an impressive power density of 821Wh/L thanks to a high amount of silicon.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Mindlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mindlessness. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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