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Recent Examples of stupidity That’s off-the-scale stupidity. Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025 He and his great family should not be forced to endure this ‘stupidity’ any longer! Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Ron Berti Orlando The cruel stupidity of Alligator Alcatraz and Deportation Depot are giving our beloved Sunshine State a bad name. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 Yet, none of this explains the stupidity that has invaded Facebook lately. Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stupidity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupidity
Noun
  • Ed brings great depth and heart to the man in charge of safety for this massive jump, an island of reason in a sea of insanity.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At trial, Crawford's attorneys acknowledged his guilt to lay the groundwork for an insanity defense, even though that's not how Crawford wanted to handle the case, according to reporting by the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lisha speaks nonsense — or is that because she is concussed?
    Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Explaining exactly why this particular trend, like so many confounding memes and viral nonsense, will travel unbelievably far on the web, and elsewhere, is as easy as painting wind.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While sensitivity to cold can vary by factors like a dog's health, age, size, coat thickness, and more, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) warns no dog should be left outdoors amid below-freezing temperatures (below 32 degrees Fahrenheit).
    Jenna Prestininzi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Their desirability is based on factors such as their age, patina, length, thickness, and smoothness.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement Aster keenly satirizes Joe’s idiocy in the face of social upheaval through the iconography of Westerns.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But my naivete and idiocy about what this was going to take was staggering to me just six months later.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That youthful connection continued through other hosts who took over NBC's Late Night franchise, from the serious silliness of Conan O'Brien to the hard-partying glad-handing of Jimmy Fallon.
    Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • More than anything, even amid the silliness and absurdities of the medical emergencies, the show’s feel-good moments, which involve people being saved and others working together, depict a deep humanity.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Protesters have slammed the notions and multiple attendees wore inflatable frog and animal costumes to point to the absurdity of the claims of danger.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These acts of radical playfulness—the inflatable dance parties, the music, the absurdity—have become part of the city’s moral vocabulary.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Try Greek yogurt or kefir topped with fruit and nuts.
    Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Shake pan to redistribute nuts, and then put it back in oven for another five minutes.
    Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Stupidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupidity. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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