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Noun
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Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Harry and Finis refused to play Jack Donahoe’s game of commenting on every idiocy that came across their desks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Boy stuff and the preposterousness of it all.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Italian football is compelling in its sheer unpredictability, the sweep of its beauty and preposterousness on so many levels.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This is a dear friend in a really tricky moment in time, and there just can’t be any of the craziness, and there just wasn’t.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Keeping up with all of this craziness is a full-time job, and then some.—
Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Those moments allowed O’Hara, in a mostly straight role, to add bits of signature zaniness.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The frothy zaniness was, of course, one of Barry’s Hollywood calling cards, but there always were serious themes submerged underneath.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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But wackiness aside, the nuts and bolts of recruiting go far beyond what antics coaches get up to on the road.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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But the few that do have been epic in their sheer wackiness.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The music movie tries to capture the insanity and inanity of being a modern celebrity.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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In fact, Poppick seems determined to prove that submerging yourself in the inanity of the grindset can pay creative dividends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Indonesian auteur Edwin has spent much of his career examining the quiet absurdities of modern life with a cool, deadpan detachment.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Eager sycophants run behind him to carry out his directives and repeat his absurdities.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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These losses prove the lunacy of the EV market.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Because it’s invariably attached to the idea of some kind of lunacy.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Nincompoopery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nincompoopery. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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