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Recent Examples of nincompoop Korda has declared that, because his nine sons are, frankly, nincompoops and rapscallions, Liesl will be the sole heir to his fortune. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025 Paired alongside Williams and Dunst’s airheads, Ferrell plays a nincompoop Bob Woodward, but the role doesn’t give him much of a chance to cut loose. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025 Being a nature nincompoop may have saved him from a grisly fate. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025 As Jimmy, the chief pushover, Jimmy, Norman makes for a sympathetic enough nincompoop. Chris Willman, Variety, 16 June 2024 Only one police officer pops up there, a smiley nincompoop who sucks down children’s birthday cake from behind a desk and shrugs his way through conversation. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 Somebody else could have gotten away with doing half as much, but Ruffalo proves a compound nincompoop. Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024 Tom was of course not a nincompoop, but a serious, thoughtful person who hungered to add substance to sketch comedy. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nincompoop
Noun
  • So here’s this lunatic with a crew cut.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Traditional software is often cheaper, faster and more reliable when a solution is rules-based and needs fool-proof outputs.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s why the whole enterprise might be a fool’s errand.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, designer decanters, like one by DIOR shaped like a goose, sells for $550.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Marie realizes Danny was the roadblock, so why give up the goose?
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Sure enough, the quiet is shattered when a new villain rolls into town in the form of Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), a chaotic, fashion-forward maniac with a personal vendetta and a flair for over-the-top drama.
    EW.com, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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