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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Noun
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Critics often assume ego, stubbornness, or simply stupidity.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
14 June 2025 -
The following program will contain graphic stupidity, as four friends compete to embarrass one another – only this time in Lithuania.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The thickness that each press can achieve also varies.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Click on the round brush head, and the tool transforms into a hair dryer brush that’s ideal for all hair lengths and thicknesses.—
Olivia Cigliano,
Footwear News,
12 June 2025
Noun
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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
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Such utter foolishness, by another blind leading the blind, liberal democrat.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 June 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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The team believes its breakthrough in modeling the magnetic behavior of this molecule will lead to the design of better SMM that can hold their memory at even higher temperatures – and eventually enable the creation of super compact, high density storage for tomorrow's data centers.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
27 June 2025
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The cities, all of which are home-rule municipalities, argue that the laws, which seek to increase density and eliminate parking requirements near transit stops, violate the provision of the Colorado Constitution that gives local governments the authority to establish their own land-use rules.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
25 June 2025
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“Stupidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupidness. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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