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stupidness

noun

Definition of stupidnessnext
as in stupidity
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind I'm not sure if he leaves his front door unlocked from carelessness or just plain stupidness

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Recent Examples of stupidness In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator. — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupidness
  1. stupidity
  2. dumbness
  3. thickness
  4. slowness
  5. foolishness
  6. mindlessness
  7. dullness
  8. dorkiness
Noun
  • This stupidity is tantamount to a cop issuing a summons to someone picking their nose in public to prove that crime is out of control.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The latest contestant in this recurring game of fiscal stupidity is Miami.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of stupidity
Noun
  • The first 10 minutes are an incredible swirl of paranoia, alcoholism, and sluggish dumbness when Gould just needs to feed his cat.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.
    — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of dumbness
Noun
  • Co-existing in the same composition, those visible shifts in speed, thickness, and direction carved out three-dimensional spaces of ravishing complexity and urgency.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
  • These materials offer excellent shock absorption at a fraction of the thickness of previous materials.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of thickness
Noun
  • The slowness certainly hasn’t been for a lack of effort from either side this summer.
    — Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • When events demand geopolitical agility, the EU’s institutional slowness is a liability, not an asset.
    — JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of slowness
Noun
  • Whittingham demands toughness, doesn’t tolerate any foolishness and rarely loses in a battle of wills.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Plausible deniability is the escape hatch for all the foolishness.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of foolishness
Noun
  • There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of mindlessness
Noun
  • Upping the ante with a red light therapy device can also help reverse summer sun damage, support circulation to ward off seasonal dullness, and a little session under the glowing light can even boost your mood on shorter, gloomier days.
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Strollers have also long been associated with a certain, well, dullness.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of dullness
Noun
  • Sussman plays Stuart’s evolution gracefully, slowly dialing up the confidence without losing sight of the nervousness and dorkiness so central to the character.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • There’s the reserved lawyer Tom Hayward (Dónal Finn), a close friend of the Gardiners, who takes a shine to Mary’s own dorkiness.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
Definition of dorkiness

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“Stupidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupidness. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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