dumb

“You would instead concede that dogs are unpredictable, so it was dumb to attach something dangerous to one.”

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

And Todd’s not a dumb guy, and I don’t think the people that we’re watching do this are dumb people, but, boy, are they in over their head really fast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I was a big fan when succulents became a dumb little trend, because at least that was boosting an interest in plants rather than mass-produced ugly dolls from China or something.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

He said that AI critics have been called “bad, dumb and evil” but “the last week has shown we’re none of them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

I stopped cold in the middle of the hall as goose bumps ran up my arms, prickling like needles along my neck, because it hadn’t been dumb luck.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Advertising student Catalina Cruz, 19, thinks AI is "making us dumber" because "people aren't able to think for themselves any more".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

“We’re getting fatter and dumber, and our mental health is deteriorating,” the author writes, which is what “a half century-plus of mass-affluence consumerism has brought us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

My anxiety about A.I. is not that it will make my job obsolete but that it will make me a little dumber.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

That didn’t stop him from getting dumber ever since.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

There are smarter people who could make a more informed decision, and dumber people who’d make a quicker one.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

“I might think this is like the dumbest thing I’ve ever done.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rahmani said in his opinion, Davis would "go down as one of the world's dumbest criminals", who likely would have never have faced charges if he had stayed silent.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Changing views: It’s worth noting that a decade ago he called burning fossil fuels “the dumbest experiment in history,” warning they would eventually run out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Collectively, they stand as a blunt reminder that war, the dumbest and most vicious human invention, occurs in time and space.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

I not only felt be-trayed, but I felt like the dumbest sort of sap.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben