oafishness

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Noun
  • Depending on the steel's thickness, a loop can stretch up to tens of thousands of feet, Modesitt said.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
  • The video compares the dummy of the 17 Air to the current iPhone 16 Pro, and the difference in thickness is striking — and the difference will be even more pronounced if rumors about the iPhone 17 Pro Max design prove true.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Tiny terror is unleashed in this mini alien apocalypse as directors Robert Bisi and Andy Lyon pay loving tribute to classic sci-fi stories of alien invasion and human stupidity using tilt-shift techniques that make the end of the world look almost cute.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Wodehouse had displayed nothing worse than the stupidity of the innocent.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • As part of an agreement between defense and prosecuting attorneys, 35-year-old Bryson Levy was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Feb. 4.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
  • Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the stabbings two years ago that killed David Breaux, 50, and Karim Abou Najm, 20, as well as the near-fatal attack on Guillory.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2025
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“Oafishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oafishness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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