dumb

Some 17-year-olds are awkward, gangly teens who tend to do or say dumb things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

"In Srinagar, I was a dumb boy from Ladakh who could not speak Hindi or English," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

It’s the making of a perfect joke: totally superfluous and uniquely dumb.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Markwayne Mullin has a brilliantly dumb idea he’s workshopping.

From Slate ● May 30, 2026

But he was too slow and too dumb.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

But then they made Woody be a little more understanding and Buzz a little, forgive the word, dumber.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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

An interesting research question for future generations of economics doctoral students would be whether publishing quarterly forecasts actually makes the Fed dumber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

“The future is a lot dumber than I thought it would be,” the worker said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

Lucinda looks at me as if I’m a lot dumber than she thought I was.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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

NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Siri is one of the dumbest chatbots on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“That was the dumbest decision I’ve ever seen anyone make,” Stripling said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

“And that’s the dumbest thing anyone has said to me in, like, my entire postlingual life, Cade.”

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith