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Recent Examples of stupidity This time, the technique is turned upon classic alien invasion movies of the Golden Age with liberal helpings of pure human stupidity as a seemingly peaceful first contact moment goes awry and gets bloody, leading to a solar system-ending flatulent finish. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025 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 All of which speaks to the towering stupidity of inflation itself. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stupidity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupidity
Noun
  • Defense had planned to argue insanity Purdy’s trial had been scheduled to take place in July.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
  • The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • All of this exploring and staying open and slow-burn nonsense left us with half the villa coupled up but stagnant — unwilling to stray but unwilling to grow — and the other half hopelessly single.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 25 June 2025
  • Sadly, the label would have none of that experimental nonsense.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Depending on the thickness of the steel chosen, the edging can last from 20 to 25 years.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
  • When the device was used to assess gum thickness and height on pig jaws – which have a tooth structure similar to that of humans – its measurements correlated by 95% with those made by a traditional periodontal probe.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Mika Rottenberg’s work explores the pure absurdities of our current world.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • These over-the-top moments and the absurdity of its title may be the elements that made Zombi 2 famous, but beneath them is a movie with an eerie, uncanny vibe that's shockingly easy to get lost in.
    James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Incorporate it into mac and cheese for a creamy, nutty complement to Cheddar and Colby Jack, grate it on a box grater to add to pizza, or serve it alongside fruit and nuts on a charcuterie board.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the first images of Read since her second trial, Fox News Digital exclusively captured the 45-year-old wheeling a garbage bin outside her Boston hotel.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
  • Seal garbage tightly in bags, and rinse out bottles and cans before placing in recycling bins.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Much odder is that red states aren’t taking the blue states up on an arrangement that to some degree erects a fence around economic foolishness.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Such utter foolishness, by another blind leading the blind, liberal democrat.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • North Korea has responded to previous balloon campaigns with fiery rhetoric and other shows of anger, and last year the country launched its own balloons across the border, dumping rubbish on various South Korean sites, including the presidential compound.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • They were were found beneath a pile of rubbish heaped just inside her front door, according to a police report released Wednesday.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025

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“Stupidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupidity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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