witlessness

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Recent Examples of witlessness No, but the line captures the aristocracy’s witlessness. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witlessness
Noun
  • More Sargent/Getty Images The sheer insanity of how fast the ball got out of the ballpark captivated a worldwide audience.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • With the ambulance only eight minutes away from Hind, Omar sees only insanity in the way the situation stretches into an hours-long ordeal.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Designers typically ignored how pad thickness or surface area influences performance.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In April, leaker Majin Bu shared images of iPhone 17 Air and 17 Pro Max mock-ups, and the difference in thickness is quite significant.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And a bit of Saturday madness, granted most of that came 400 miles away.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There is a method to the madness, multiple sources say.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Was one of Forest’s virtues last season their relative simplicity, which will now be disrupted?
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For now, the company is betting that simplicity will appeal to customers.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So in the midst of poverty imposed by the American embargo and the frequent stupidity of their own government, Cubans struggle to eke out a life.
    Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
  • He and his great family should not be forced to endure this ‘stupidity’ any longer!
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In terms that viewers of the original series might understand, Esmeralda falls somewhere between the tyranny of Michael Scott, the absurdity of Dwight Schrute, and the self-involvement of Kelly Kapoor with a particular charisma that only Impacciatore could pull off.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The foolishness of the governor’s gibe was underscored by the progressive, staunchly anti-Trump Democratic mayor of San Jose.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • So, with this progressive effort hitting the trifecta of foolishness, hypocrisy, and dishonesty, how could there possibly be a silver lining?
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Witlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witlessness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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